Ruwer is a Verbandsgemeinde (collective municipality) with 18,171 inhabitants (as at Dec 2015) on the river Ruwer near Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is famous for the wine from the Moselle wine-growing region, which used to be called Moselle-Saar-Ruwer, and which was founded by the Romans. The administrative seat used to be located in Ruwer, which was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the city of Trier. The seat has been located in Waldrach since November 2005.
Ruwer consists of the following 20 Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):
Name Area (km²) 1563(Fireplaces) 1684(Fireplaces) 1818(Population) 2000(Population) 2015(Population) Bonerath 4.25 6 6 151 256 245 Farschweiler 7.45 13 8 197 760 784 Gusterath 4.41 5 9 141 2,015 1,891 Gutweiler 2.51 7 7 100 739 648 Herl 2.83 5 7 140 254 268 Hinzenburg 2.87 3 3 82 164 142 Holzerath 6.76 6 5 186 498 429 Kasel 4.53 25 21 255 1,347 1,312 Korlingen 2.08 9 6 97 890 771 Lorscheid 5.09 11 12 187 621 568 Mertesdorf 6.47 20 14 287 1,762 1,650 Morscheid 5.48 17 18 227 821 954 Ollmuth 3.93 4 4 91 174 160 Osburg 33.92 23 17 515 1,943 2,457 Pluwig 4.87 9 9 250 1,231 1,600 Riveris 2.11 4 4 133 364 408 Schöndorf 10.03 12 12 296 831 734 Sommerau 1.04 1 1 29 74 73 Thomm 4.49 16 12 327 1,041 1,050 Waldrach 12.45 53 41 533 2,179 2,027 Σ Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde) 127.57 249 216 4,224 17,964 18,171
The Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer is a part of the district Trier-Saarburg.
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See also Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg
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External links
Homepage of the municipality Touristinformation Ruwer