Mertesdorf

Mertesdorf ( Moselle Franconian: Meertesdaerf ) is a wine-growing village in the Ruwer valley, near Trier and a health resort. The municipality is located in the district of Trier -Saar castle in Rhineland -Palatinate and belongs to the municipality of Ruwer.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms
• 3.3 community partnership

Geography

Mertes village is located about ten kilometers from Trier- Ruwer valley in the town center. The old center has developed into a side valley of the Ruwer. This location gives the place a remarkable scenic beauty. In the valley of the Ruwer flows through a meadow, in which string together mills. On both sides of Nebentalmündung climb vineyards partly steeply uphill and surrounded the village to the north, while the south-facing slope is bounded by forest. To the west rises as a landmark of the lower Ruwertal the wooded Green Mountain.

Community structure

To the local community Mertes village include the hamlets of Green House, Karlsmühle - Lorenzhof, Travel mill and Friedrichshof.

Climate

The annual precipitation is 760 mm. The deposits are located in the middle third of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 54% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is April, the most rainfall comes in November. In November, falling 1.4 times more precipitation than in April. Precipitation varies only slightly and are distributed extremely evenly throughout the year. At only 1% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

History

The history of the village dates back to Roman times. The Roman road from Trier to Mainz, passed through the side valley to the heights of the Hunsrück. Roman ruins, a Roman cemetery near the present Federal Highway 52, the proven Roman stone mill in the valley as well as evidence of Roman viticulture in the Green Mountain testify for almost 2000 years of history. In Roman times, found the area around the place in literature. In the comprehensive 483 verse poem the poet Ausonius Mosella described the Mosel and its tributaries. From the Ruwer he calls a technical feature is the marble saws that have cut marble blocks into marble slabs. These were used in the large buildings of the imperial city of Trier as floor and wall coverings. Excavations at the Charles Mill in the middle of the last century fragments were found which suggest a Roman stone mill.

893 Mertes village was first mentioned in records. Another document from the year 966 already proves the existence of a village chapel. In the Middle Ages Mertes village belonged to the Abbey over 1000 years St. Maximin in Trier, one of the richest monasteries, which was only resolved in 1801 by the troops of Napoleon. The church was built in the years 1855-1856 was in 1976 replaced by a new building.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Mertes village consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman location.

Allocation of seats in the elected local council:

Coat of arms

Blazon: The coat of arms is divided and split in the lower half. At the top of a gold double-headed black, red and silver reinforced nimbierter eagle. Bottom right in a silver diagonal diagonally right lying black sword that divides a red coat. Bottom left in a golden green hill, from which a golden vine grows with three golden leaves and two golden grapes.

Coat Reason: Mertes village belonged since the early Middle Ages to the late 18th century largely the property of the imperial abbey of St. Maximin in Trier, which led a haloed double headed imperial eagle coat of arms. The sword that divides a coat is a symbol of the local patron saint St. Martin, who also gave the place its name. ( In the early Middle Ages Martini villa, village and later Martin last Mertesdorf. ) The vine reminded that Mertes village is the oldest wine-growing community in the Ruwer valley.

Community partnership

There is a community partnership with the French town of Saint -Just- la- Pendue ( Loire ).

Economy and infrastructure

Mertes village has a large sports center ( Ruwertalhalle ), the fitness center is connected and a heated outdoor pool, restaurant and a number of hiking trails.

Viniculture

In Mertes village, next to the chasuble and Waldrach oldest wine-growing community in the Ruwer valley, 65 hectares of vineyards are farmed. Due to success of some wineries Mertes village could raise its profile in recent years. In the literature the wine villages Mertes Riesling wine was awarded a top position. So wrote the English wine critic Stuart Pigott: " The wineries in Mertesdorf are among the most outstanding of the entire Mosel -Saar- Ruwergebiets and must be counted among the best Riesling producers in Germany. Mertes Riesling wines villages are characterized by delicate membered finessereiche and savory fruit and a beautiful, richly varied bouquet. "

The Mertes villages wineries include the winery Maximin green house, the estate heirs of the estate or Beulwitz Karlsmühle.

The Mertes villages vineyards are: Felslay, Johannisberg, low walls, Maximin Grünhäuser Herrenberg, Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg and Maximin Grünhäuser brother mountain.