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The Moselle ( / moʊˈzɛl / moh-ZEL, [1] French: [mɔzɛl] ⓘ; German: Mosel [ˈmoːzl̩] ⓘ; Luxembourgish: Musel [ˈmuzəl] ⓘ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz.
The Moselle Valley ( French: vallée de la Moselle, pronounced [vale də la mɔzɛl]; German: Moseltal, pronounced [ˈmoːzl̩ˌtaːl] ⓘ) is a region in north-eastern France, south-western Germany, and eastern Luxembourg, centred on the river valley formed by the river Moselle. The Moselle runs through, and along the borders of, the three ...
Mosel ( German: [ˈmoːzl̩] ⓘ) is one of 13 German wine regions ( Weinbaugebiete) for quality wines ( Qualitätswein, formerly QbA and Prädikatswein), and takes its name from the Mosel River ( French: Moselle; Luxembourgish: Musel ). Before 1 August 2007 the region was called Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, but changed to a name that was considered more ...
Traben-Trarbach ( German pronunciation: [ˌtraːbn̩ ˈtraːɐ̯bax]) on the Middle Moselle is a town in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde and a state-recognized climatic spa ( Luftkurort ). The city lies in the so-called "Valley of Dawn".
The Saar ( German: [zaːɐ̯] ⓘ; French: Sarre [saʁ]) is a river in northeastern France and western Germany, and a right tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine and flows northwards into the Moselle near Trier. It has two headstreams (the Sarre Rouge and Sarre Blanche, which join in ...
The Ruwer is a river in Germany with a length of 46 kilometres (29 mi). It is a right tributary of the Moselle. The valley of the Ruwer is a part of the Moselle wine-growing region near Trier in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is famous for its Riesling wines, see Ruwer (region), and, prior to 1 August 2007, the Moselle region used to be ...
The Upper Moselle ( German: Obermosel) is the section of the River Moselle, 45 kilometres long, that runs from the Franco - German - Luxembourg tripoint near Perl to its confluence with the Saar near Konz shortly before Trier. From the tripoint to its confluence with the Sauer, the Upper Moselle forms the border between the German states of the ...
Germany. Mosel is one of 13 German wine-growing regions ( Anbaugebiete) for quality wines, with 9 080 hectares under vine in 2005, and one of the most well-known. The region also includes vineyards situated on the Saar and Ruwer rivers. The main varieties are Riesling (57.7% in 2005), Müller-Thurgau (15.0%), Elbling (6.6%) and Kerner (4.9%).