Valwig

Valwig is a wine village on the Moselle River in Cochem- Zell, in Rhineland -Palatinate. The municipality belongs to the municipality of Cochem. Valwig is a nationally recognized tourist.

• 3.1 municipal

• 4.1 Church of St. Martin
• 4.2 Pilgrimage Church of St. Mary Magdalene and

• 5.1 trails

Geography

Geographical location

The village lies on the right bank of the Moselle ( river kilometer 55). The county town of Cochem is about three kilometers away.

Geology

The Moselle valley is part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains and is characterized by steep slopes and zerkluftete.

Community structure

The community Valwig divided into the following districts (position in meters of altitude above sea level ):

• Valwig (72 m above sea level. NN )
• Valwigerberg (300 m above sea level. NN )

Neighboring communities

The district Valwig borders on the Moselle to Cochem downriver, upriver to Bruttig -Fankel and is separated by the Moselle from Ernst. About the Valwigerberg the congregation of Treis- carding can be reached.

History

In the first documents Valwig is called " Falavoia " " (866 AD), " Falaveia " ( 893 AD) and" Valefayer " (1130 AD) mentioned. One assumes, however, that Valwig was already inhabited by Celts and Romans. therefore thus saith the Celto -Roman label " Balbiacum ", which translates as "settlement of Balbius " means. Valwig one of the oldest Mosel places. with the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops ended the centuries- long rule Kurtriers. place 1815 the Congress of Vienna was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Valwig consists of eight council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Culture and sights

Parish Church of St Martin

The parish church until 1827 by Johann Claudius, built between 1823 Lassaulx of the towers over the district of Valwig, is considered the first neo-Romanesque church in Germany.

Pilgrimage Church of St. Mary Magdalene and

The construction of the small chapel on the Valwigerberg goes back to the mid 15th century. After the accumulation of reports of answered prayers, it was built by the Knights of Johann Winneburg to honor the " miraculous image of Our Lady of the Mountains".

See also: List of cultural monuments in Valwig

Economy and infrastructure

Trails

Along the vineyards of Valwig, where Riesling is grown, extend two well-known hiking trails. Mosel down towards Cochem runs the 7.5 -kilometer Apolloweg Valwig. It was created by the community Valwig among others with funds from the European LEADER II program. Recently, also the approximately 4.4 kilometers long leads BREVA way upriver to the hamlet Valwigerberg and the neighboring village of Bruttig -Fankel. This is a cooperation project of the communities Bruttig -Fankel, Ernst and Valwig from its name components is also the name of the path is derived.