Moselle Eifel

It lies exclusively within the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and is a truncated highland, roughly half of which is forested.

The hills of the Moselle Eifel are lower than those of the adjacent and very ancient Volcanic Eifel to the north and only exceed 400 m above sea level (NHN) in a few places, reaching a maximum of 423 m above NHN at Schafstall near Bremm.

On the far, southeastern side of the Moselle Valley with its many meanders and well known castles rises the somewhat higher hill range of the Hunsrück.

This is characterised by a large number of small, prestigious vineyards that are family-owned.

As a result of the relatively steep Moselle Valley the Moselle Wine Road, while the railway only travels along the valley as far as the first river bend at Zell and then ascends the hill upland.

View from the plateau at the Monument of the Wartime Generation of the loop in the Moselle near Stuben Abbey (below) with Ediger-Eller (l), Neef (centre) and Bremm (r)
Eltz Castle