Bernkastel-Kues

Beautiful city. So quaint with all the half-timbered houses.

Sightseeing features:

Towered over by the ruins of Landshut Castle, the town invites you to stroll through its rich history. The old town of Bernkastel is perhaps the most magnificent half-timbered ensemble in the region. The highlight here is the medieval market square with the picturesque Michaelsbrunnen and the Renaissance town hall from 1608. The "Spitzhäuschen" on the market square in particular attracts a great deal of attention with its unusual design. Since 1416 it seems to have been balancing on a base that is far too small.

On the shore, on the banks of the Moselle, is the mighty parish church of St. Michael, whose church tower used to serve as a watchtower for the fortified town. The local history museum is located in the Graacher Tor in the old town. In addition, the old town is adorned with four different fountains. In addition to the Michaelsbrunnen on the market square, there is the Bärenbrunnen, dedicated to the city's heraldic animal, the Karlsbaderbrunnen on the Karlsbader Platz of the same name and finally the Doctorbrunnen, which depicts the famous legend of the Bernkasteler Doctorwein.

But there is also a lot to see and discover on the other side of the Moselle, in Kues. The city's namesake, Nikolaus Cusanus, the famous scholar and cardinal, was born here. His foundation, the 500-year-old St. Nicholas Hospital, includes i.a. a Gothic chapel. Along with the house where Cusanus was born, it is a landmark of the city.
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If you not only continue on the Moselsteig from stage to stage, towards the destination Koblenz, but also want to linger a little in one or the other village, we recommend the Moselsteig side jump "Bernkasteler Bärensteig" as an additional hike in Bernkastel-Kues:
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The Bernkastel district is located at the head of a wide Moselle loop, in the mouth of Tiefenbachtal, which leads down narrow and steep from the Hunsrück. Kues and Bernkastel, united since 1905, are connected by a bridge. The city also includes the formerly independent wine towns Andel and Wehlen.
 The area has been inhabited for a very long time, in Kues in 1962 a village from the Neolithic (4000 - 3000 BC), the oldest known settlement on the Moselle ever. Surely also Treverer and Romans have lived here, but the first written mention falls into the 7th century. Merovingians and Luxembourgers were masters of the castle until 1017, when the archbishop of Trier, Poppo, destroyed the fortress and incorporated it into its own territory. In 1277, today's Burg Landshut was built by Archbishop Heinrich von Vinstingen. In 1291 Bernkastel received the city rights of Emperor Rudolf von Habsburg.

Source: mosel-reiseführer.de

Nice place with a historic old town and many half-timbered houses.

The city seems to have stopped in time. A journey into the past.

If you not only continue on the Moselsteig Trail from stage to stage towards the destination of Koblenz, but also want to linger a little in one or the other village, we recommend the "Burg-Olymp-Tour" holiday trail in Bernkastel-Kues as an additional hike :
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If you not only continue on the Moselsteig Trail from stage to stage, towards the destination of Koblenz, but also want to linger a little in one or the other village, we recommend the "Maria-Zill Panoramaweg" holiday trail in Bernkastel-Kues as an additional hike:
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The village of Bernkastel-Kus has a history that can be traced back very far:
3000 BCE Archaeologists discovered the first evidence of human settlement in Kues, one of the largest linear pottery settlements from the Neolithic period in the Moselle region.
600 BC Celtic finds in the vicinity of the districts of Kues and Wehlen. (1936: excavation of a Celtic settlement on the plateau "Ober dem Lieserpfad"
50 BCE up to 400 Roman settlement in the Moselle valley with Trier as "Augusta Treverorum", Roman imperial city that became Christian under Constantine I.
370 Decimus Magnus Ausonius, Roman poet and teacher at the imperial court, writes his poem »Mosella«.
400 A Roman fort (princastellum) in the area of today's castle ruins in Landshut. This is indicated, among other things, by fittings, pottery and iron finds found below the castle.
475 Bernkastel and the Moselle province in the hands of the Merovingians (Franconia).
700 »Princastellum« is what the »Geographer von Ravenna« calls the place from which the place name Bernkastel is undoubtedly derived.
Additional:
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Absolutely to the hospital for wine tasting. Then it works out even better.

Here you will find a very cozy village with beautiful half-timbered houses.

About 7100 people live in Bernkastel-Kues. And they are joined by almost two million day tourists every year.

"The town of Bernkastel-Kues is one of the most popular holiday destinations on the Moselle and can proudly call itself the "Centre of the Middle Moselle".
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A great historic little town - lively due to the many, many visitors - but you never feel pressured by it...

Beautiful little town on the Moselle with many half-timbered houses.

Ideal restpoint and resupply place on my bikepacking trip before climbing the Lieser path into the Eifel.

Beautiful wine town with one of the most beautiful market squares. An eye-catcher, especially during Advent.