Ruwer (municipality)
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Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
(collective municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
) with 18,014 inhabitants (Dez. 2008) on the river Ruwer
Ruwer River
The Ruwer is a river in Germany with a length of 46 kilometres, a right tributary of the Moselle River. The valley of the Ruwer is a part of the wine-growing region Mosel near Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate...
near Trier
Trier
Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....
in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, Germany
Germany
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. It is famous for the wine from the wine-growing region Mosel, which previously was called Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, and which was founded by the Romans
Ancient Rome
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. The administrative seat (formerly located in Ruwer, which was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the city Trier) is located in Waldrach
Waldrach
Waldrach is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near Trier.-External links:* *...
since November 2005.
Ruwer consists of the following 20 Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):
| Name | Area (km²) |
1563 (Fireplaces) |
1684 (Fireplaces) |
1818 (Population) |
2000 (Population) |
2008 (Population) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bonerath Bonerath is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... |
4.25 | 6 | 6 | 151 | 256 | 258 |
 Farschweiler Farschweiler is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... |
7.45 | 13 | 8 | 197 | 760 | 758 |
 Gusterath Gusterath is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... |
4.41 | 5 | 9 | 141 | 2,015 | 1,863 |
 Gutweiler Gutweiler is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... |
2.51 | 7 | 7 | 100 | 739 | 632 |
 Herl Herl is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... |
2.83 | 5 | 7 | 140 | 254 | 258 |
 Hinzenburg Hinzenburg is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... |
2.87 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 164 | 141 |
 Holzerath Holzerath is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-References:... |
6.76 | 6 | 5 | 186 | 498 | 444 |
 |
4.53 | 25 | 21 | 255 | 1,347 | 1,228 |
 Korlingen Korlingen is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-References:... |
2.08 | 9 | 6 | 97 | 890 | 794 |
 Lorscheid Lorscheid is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... |
5.09 | 11 | 12 | 187 | 621 | 611 |
 Mertesdorf Mertesdorf is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near Trier. Grünhaus is a part of Mertesdorf.-References:... |
6.47 | 20 | 14 | 287 | 1,762 | 1,671 |
 Morscheid Morscheid is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... |
5.48 | 17 | 18 | 227 | 821 | 937 |
 Ollmuth Ollmuth is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-External links:*... |
3.93 | 4 | 4 | 91 | 174 | 163 |
 Osburg Osburg is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near Trier.-External links:* *... |
33.92 | 23 | 17 | 515 | 1,943 | 2,387 |
| Pluwig Pluwig Pluwig is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... |
4.87 | 9 | 9 | 250 | 1,231 | 1,408 |
 Riveris Riveris is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The village lies in the valley of the river Riveris.-References:... |
2.11 | 4 | 4 | 133 | 364 | 431 |
 Schöndorf, Rhineland-Palatinate Schöndorf is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-References:... |
10.03 | 12 | 12 | 296 | 831 | 783 |
 Sommerau Sommerau is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... |
1.04 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 74 | 78 |
 Thomm Thomm is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near Trier on the river Moselle.The Fell Exhibition Slate Mine is adjacent to Thomm.-External links:* *... |
4.49 | 16 | 12 | 327 | 1,041 | 1,096 |
 Waldrach Waldrach is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near Trier.-External links:* *... |
12.45 | 53 | 41 | 533 | 2,179 | 2,044 |
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127.57 | 249 | 216 | 4,224 | 17,964 | 17,985 |
The Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer is a part of the district
Trier-Saarburg
Trier-Saarburg is a district in the west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bitburg-Prüm, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Birkenfeld, Sankt Wendel , and Merzig-Wadern . To the west it borders Luxembourg...
.