Elevation 95 m (312 ft) Area 46.77 km² Local time Thursday 4:40 PM | Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 17,378 (30 Jun 2009) Administrative region Darmstadt | |
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Weather 17°C, Wind W at 23 km/h, 59% Humidity Points of interest Eberbach Abbey, Electoral Castle, Sektmanufaktur Schloss Vaux, Weingut Koegler, Weingut Hirt‑Gebhardt |
Alta villa eltville germany hd revisi n
Eltville am Rhein ( [ˈɛltvɪlə], from Alta Villa, Latin for "high estate, high town", corrupted to Eldeville, Elfeld and later Eltville) is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. It lies on the German Timber-Frame Road (Fachwerkstraße).
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- Alta villa eltville germany hd revisi n
- Map of Eltville Germany
- Eltville germany fall wine fest
- Location
- Neighbouring municipalities
- Territorial structure
- History
- Town council
- Town partnerships
- Buildings
- Regular events
- Economy and tourism
- Transport
- Education
- Notable people
- Sons and daughters of the town
- Other personalities
- References
Map of Eltville, Germany
Eltville is the biggest town in the Rheingau. It bears the nicknames Weinstadt, Sektstadt, Rosenstadt and since 2006 also Gutenbergstadt. Some of Germany's most famous vineyards (Steinberg, Rauenthaler Baiken, Erbacher Marcobrunn) are found within Eltville's municipal limits.
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Location
Eltville, which belongs culturally to the Rheingau region, lies on the River Rhine, 12 km westsouthwest of Wiesbaden.
Neighbouring municipalities
Eltville borders in the north on the municipalities of Schlangenbad and Kiedrich, in the east on the district-free city of Wiesbaden and the municipality of Walluf, in the south – separated by the Rhine – on the municipalities of Budenheim und Heidesheim and the town of Ingelheim (all three in Mainz-Bingen in Rhineland-Palatinate) and in the west on the town of Oestrich-Winkel.
Territorial structure
Eltville am Rhein as a municipality consists of five Stadtteile:
All of them have the status as a Ortsbezirk.
History
The earliest traces of humans settling here go back to the New Stone Age. There has been continuous habitation since the late 4th century. Eltville had its first documentary mention in Vita Bardonis (Bardo's life) from 1058, a biography of Archbishop Bardo of Mainz. In 1329, the archiepiscopal castle and the town wall around Eltville were built. On 23 August 1332, Emperor Louis the Bavarian granted Eltville town rights. With the granting of town rights, Eltville ended up being a pawn in the then ongoing dispute between the Emperor and the Pope. Archbishop Baldwin, one of Emperor Louis's followers and administrator of the Mainz monastery, was the one who asked for Eltville to be raised to town. From 1347 to 1480, Eltville was the residence of the Archbishops of Mainz. From Dietrich Schenk von Erbach, Archbishop of Mainz (1434–1459), the outlying centre of Erbach presumably got its name.
Town council
The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
Town partnerships
The town of Eltville am Rhein maintains partnerships with these places:
Buildings
Regular events
Economy and tourism
Eltville is touristically developed and well known for its wine and sekt production, which can be sampled at many wineries and Straußwirtschaften (seasonal wine shops). Of particular importance is the Vinothek, which brings together every leading estate's wines so that wine lovers can compare the products. It is the only local Vinothek in the Rheingau and one of few in Germany. Eltville is the headquarters of MM-Sektkellerei (which today belongs to Rotkäppchen-Sekt), Hessische Staatsweingüter Kloster Eberbach (Hessian State Wine Estates of Eberbach Monastery), and Sektmanufaktur Schloss Vaux, as well as the biggest industrial employer in the Rheingau, Jean Müller GmbH Elektrotechnische Fabrik. Eltville is one of Germany's ten "Rosenstädte" (rose towns).
Transport
Eltville lies on Bundesstraße 42, which towards the east is built like an Autobahn and near Walluf seamlessly joins the A 66. Eltville station also lies on the East Rhine Railway, which connects Frankfurt and Wiesbaden to Koblenz and Cologne and belongs to the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. On the Rhine's bank are several landing stages for, among others, the Köln-Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt, a well known Rhine passenger ship operator.
Education
Notable people
Sons and daughters of the town
Other personalities
In chronological order