Ruwer (municipality)

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Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer in Germany
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Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer in Germany

Ruwer is a municipality (a convention community called Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer) with more than 18000 inhabitants at the river Ruwer near Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is famous for the wine from the wine-growing-region Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, that was founded by the Romans, 2000 years ago. The administrative seat (formerly located in Ruwer, which was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the city Trier) is located in Waldrach since November 2005.

These villages belong to the municipality of Ruwer:

coat of arms Bonerath, coat of arms Farschweiler, coat of arms Gusterath, coat of arms Gutweiler, coat of arms Herl,

coat of arms Hinzenburg, coat of arms Holzerath, coat of arms Kasel, coat of arms Korlingen, coat of arms Lorscheid,

coat of arms Mertesdorf, coat of arms Morscheid, coat of arms Ollmuth, coat of arms Osburg, coat of arms Pluwig,

coat of arms Riveris, coat of arms Schöndorf, coat of arms Sommerau, coat of arms Thomm, coat of arms Waldrach.

The municipality of Ruwer is a part of the district coat of arms Trier-Saarburg.

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