Lieser (Mosel)
Lieser is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel -Wittlich, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Bernkastel- Kues. Lieser is a nationally recognized tourist.
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
- 5.1 Viticulture
- 5.2 Tourism
Geography
Lieser lies on the Moselle and is named after the Lieser river, which flows west of Lieser in the Mosel.
The village has the shape of an upside-down T, as many houses were built below the vineyards near the shore. The older part of the lower village has because of the intensive vine growing on a narrow terraced housing with courtyards behind. Towering above the village from the late Baroque parish church of St. Peter.
History
History
According to archaeological finds, the settlement history goes back to Roman times. This is clearly visible remains of a Roman aqueduct at the Paul hill above Lieser, surface finds of Roman bricks and a 2005 discovered at roadworks Roman wine press on the Moselle. This was below the vineyards, about 500 meters east of the village, but was filled in again after a rescue excavation.
The village was first mentioned in 817 as " Lisura ". According to documents from the years 1085 and 1165 a large part of the property was in Lieser, " together with the church and its tithes, vineyards and arable land ... " the Abbey of Saint Hubert, who was subordinate to the Diocese of Liege. In addition, the Elector of Trier spiritual possessed in 1200 land in Lieser. In 1575 the Abbey of St. Hubert sold their land to the Archbishop of Trier, James III. von Eltz. More landlords included the Kollegiatstifte St. Paulin and St. Simeon in Trier, as well as monastery Himmerod. The inhabitants of the village lived mostly from the Viticulture and were as tenants third part and tithe prescription. Only with the secularization under Napoleon were the owners of the winery vineyards.
Lieser was to the state road from Trier to Mainz and had a Moselfähre. Due to this favorable situation arose in the unpaved village in the early 16th century coaching inn on the postal route Brussels - Augsburg - Innsbruck - Italy. However, the exposed position to the state road also had the consequence that the village was often plundered in wartime. In the years 1693 and 1698, during the conquest wars of Louis XIV, French ship bridges were built for faster troop transport across the Moselle in Lieser.
Until taking the left bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops in 1794 Lieser belonged to the high court in the Electorate of Trier and Bernkastel exhibited there also lay judges. In 1798, still under the Directory, Bernkastel became the cantonal capital. In 1800 was built under Napoleon the " Mairie de Lieser ," were among the next Lieser also Kesten, Maring- Noviand, felts and Wintrich. After the defeat of Napoleon felts and Wintrich were allocated in 1815 the mayor's Mülheim, while Wehlen and Kues were ( until 1905 ) assigned to the mayor's Lieser. At the Congress of Vienna, the Rhineland became Prussian together with the former Electorate of Trier and Lieser. Since 1816 Lieser belonged to the circle Bernkastel in the Trier region.
The heyday Lieser in the second half of the 19th century, when the industrial family Puricelli built to the west of the village after marrying the Barons Clement of Schorlemer in the years 1884 to 1887 Castle Lieser. By the end of the 19th century the estate was expanded into a castle. Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was a friend of Schorlemer, Lieser visited in the years 1906, 1911 and 1913.
Since 1883 Lieser was connected to the railway network and had its own railway station on the Maare-Mosel -Bahn, which resulted as tap the Moselle route of Wittlich- Wengerohr about Lieser to Bernkastel -Kues and existed until 1988.
After building a bridge over the Moselle to Mülheim the ferry service on 9 April 1968 it was finally discontinued. Since 2002, after the Moselle River flood of 2001 Lieser has a flood control dam in place of the former railway embankment.
Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate. Since the administrative reforms of the 1970s, the local church Lieser belongs to the municipality of Bernkastel- Kues.
History of the Jews in Lieser
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Lieser consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The 16 seats in the Council are distributed among the three groups of voters.
Coat of arms
Lieser received its own coat of arms until 1935. This is divided into three parts:
- Key: The two keys are for the two Lieserer churches. On the one hand for the old St. Paul's Church, which is located outside the village in the vineyards, on the other hand, to the place located in St. Peter Church.
- Grapevine: The vine is the winery, which is detectable in Lieser since Roman times.
- Posthorn: The post horn in the lower third of the emblem stands for the old coaching inn in Lieser, which was used in the 16th and 17th centuries as a coaching inn on the run by the Thurn and Taxis Dutch postal route from Brussels to Augsburg, Innsbruck and Italy.
Attractions
- Built in 1782 Parish Church of St. Peter
- St. Paul's Church with built hut on Paul Berg ( before 1500 )
- Founder temporal Castle Lieser
- Age Posthof, ensemble from the 16th - 18th century
- Several old citizens and wine cellars
- Home and Wine Museum Lieser
- The old market fountain in the high street: On the occasion of the restoration of the marketplace and the establishment of a basalt block with a watercourse came the old market fountain into oblivion. At the request of the home club he built and restored at a new location again. He wears the coat of arms of the municipality.
- Paulushof: former church grounds, rectory, press-house, slaughter house, house and wine cellar. Redesign and renovation of the building set between 1999 and 2007.
Other attractions in the list of cultural monuments in Lieser.
Economy
Viniculture
With approximately 180 ha vines Lieser is one of the largest wine towns on the Mosel.
The best-known vineyards are:
- Lieserer Schlossberg, Great location Kurfürstlay
- Lieserer low -Helden, Great location Beerenlay
- Lieserer Süßenberg, Great location Beerenlay
- Lieserer Rosenlay, Great location Beerenlay
Tourism
The tourists who visit year after year Lieser, offers a wide range of hotels, private rooms and hostels. Guests season extends mainly from early April to late October. Especially in the fall, the time of the grape harvest, the tourism industry is experiencing its peak. Larger -annual festivals are the street festival "Around the Lieserer Marketplace" on the second weekend in September, also on 1 May, the parish celebration at St. Paul's Church, the wine Vision Lieser, winemakers present the wine of the year in the Lieserer, the Peter and Paul funfair and the Backfischfest on the last weekend of September.
In Lieser the coming of Trier and Koblenz Mosel bike path and the coming down of the Maare -Moselle bicycle route come together.
With Lieser associated personalities
- John Lieser († 1459 ), a friend and fellow of Cusa
- Matthias Glabus, 1631-1647 Abbot in the Monastery Himmerod
- Karl Ferdinand Becker (1775-1849), linguist, born in Lieser
- Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer -Lieser (1856-1922), Minister of Agriculture from 1910-1917 under Emperor Wilhelm II
- August Graf Kageneck (1922-2004), journalist and author
Impressions
Bridge from Lieser to Mülheim
Catholic parish church of St. Peter
Paul Church in the midst of the vineyards
High water marks on a wall on the market
Age market fountain, now in the high street
New market fountain in the newly renovated Market Square