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Moselle Hills

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Elevation
  
434.1 m (1,424 ft)

Parent range
  
Moselle Valley

Country
  
Germany

Peak
  
Schimmelsberg aufm Hüttenberg

State
  
between Reil and Schweich; counties of Bernkastel-Wittlich and Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)

The Moselle Hills (German: Moselberge) form a ridge, up to 434.1 m above sea level (NHN), on the left bank of the River Moselle between Reil and Schweich in the Rhineland-Palatinate counties of Bernkastel-Wittlich and Trier-Saarburg. There are vineyards on the southern slopes of the wooded hills. They lie on the southern edge of the Eifel region.

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Map of Mosel Berge, 54518 Kl%C3%BCsserath, Germany

LocationEdit

The Moselle Hills lie between the village Reil in the northeast and the town of Schweich in the southwest and run past the wine village of Piesport northwest along the Moselle, the aforementioned settlements all lying on the river itself.

Natural regional groupingEdit

From a natural regional perspective, the Moselle Hills belong to the major unit group, the Moselle Valley (Moseltal, No. 25) and in the major unit of Middle Moselle Valley (Mittleres Moseltal, No. 250). The natural regional sub-unit of the Moselle Hills (Moselberge, 250.2) are separated from the Moselle Eifel major unit (270) (also part of the Eifel) to the northwest by the major unit of the Wittlich Basin (Wittlicher Senke, 251).

HillsEdit

The hills and high points of the Moselle Hills – sorted by their height in metres (m) above sea level (NHN) include the:

  • Schimmelsberg aufm Hüttenberg (434.1 m), around 1.7 km north of Piesport in the parish of Minheim
  • Monzeler Hüttenkopf (423.4 m, west of Monzel)
  • Mehringer Berg (418.7 m, northwest of Mehring)
  • Hansenberg (401.8 m), east of Rivenich
  • Thomasberg (382.9 m), south of Klausen
  • Rothenberg (365.3 m), east of Wengerohr
  • RiversEdit

    The southern part of the Moselle Hills is bisected in a north-south direction by a stretch of the Salm, and the Lieser cuts through its northern part from northwest to southeast. Both rivers are tributaries of the Moselle.

    References

    Moselle Hills Wikipedia