Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde)

Ruwer region

Ruwer is a Verbandsgemeinde (collective municipality) with 18,014 inhabitants (as at Dec 2008) 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)		 2008
(Population)
Bonerath 4.25 6 6 151 256 258
Farschweiler 7.45 13 8 197 760 758
Gusterath 4.41 5 9 141 2,015 1,863
Gutweiler 2.51 7 7 100 739 632
Herl 2.83 5 7 140 254 258
Hinzenburg 2.87 3 3 82 164 141
Holzerath 6.76 6 5 186 498 444
Kasel 4.53 25 21 255 1,347 1,228
Korlingen 2.08 9 6 97 890 794
Lorscheid 5.09 11 12 187 621 611
Mertesdorf 6.47 20 14 287 1,762 1,671
Morscheid 5.48 17 18 227 821 937
Ollmuth 3.93 4 4 91 174 163
Osburg 33.92 23 17 515 1,943 2,387
Pluwig 4.87 9 9 250 1,231 1,408
Riveris 2.11 4 4 133 364 431
Schöndorf 10.03 12 12 296 831 783
Sommerau 1.04 1 1 29 74 78
Thomm 4.49 16 12 327 1,041 1,096
Waldrach 12.45 53 41 533 2,179 2,044
Σ Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde) 127.57 249 216 4,224 17,964 17,985

The Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer is a part of the district Trier-Saarburg.

See also

Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg

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Coordinates: 49°44′44″N 6°44′41″E / 49.74556°N 6.74472°E / 49.74556; 6.74472

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