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Landkreis Trier-Saarburg

Osburg

Ruwer Spring (Source of the Ruwer)

Natural Monuments

Landkreis Trier-Saarburg

Osburg

Ruwer Spring (Source of the Ruwer)

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Ruwer Spring (Source of the Ruwer)

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Location: Osburg, Landkreis Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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JakobusPilger

December 31, 2021

At this point / I would like to quickly / say something about the source:
To quote the incomparable humorist Heinz Erhardt (1909 - 1979), who was known to a wide audience for his pun and “Noch'n Gedicht”, with a short quatrain:
"There is certainly a lot of beautiful about it,
on the element, the wet.
Because you can drink the water.
But you can - also leave it alone. "
(H.Erhardt)

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

January 8, 2022

𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝘄𝗲𝗿

𝑬ı𝒏 𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒌𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅

Although the Ruwer is only 46km long and should be referred to as a stream rather than a river, it has become extremely well known, not least because of the well-known vineyards in the lower Ruwer valley. popularly also known as "Ruwerspring" is the most famous spring. On its 46 km long stretch to the Ruwer district of Trier, it overcomes a difference in altitude of around 550 meters. On their way to their big sister, the Moselle, a varied relief unfolds with deeply incised valley valleys, flat hollow valleys and wide plateaus. The Ruwer course is also shaped very differently in terms of climate. In the extensive forests around the Rösterkopf, the climate is rather cool and rainy, and spring is often a long time coming, whereas in the lower Ruwertal there are almost meditarranean conditions, which enable wine-growing on the steep slate slopes facing south and west. Source: Text information board

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

January 8, 2022

𝑽𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒊𝒔 𝒛𝒖𝒓 𝑴ü𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒏𝒈

In the large forest area of the Osburger Hochwald, at 708 meters above sea level, lies the highest point in the Ruwer catchment area - the Rösterkopf. Where the groundwater flowing in the quartzite meets impermeable clay slate, there are several spring outflows. The escaping water ultimately forms the basis for the Ruwer, which is still very inconspicuous there. Below its headwaters, the Ruwer then flows through the Keller Mulde, a nature reserve designated in 1999 with a size of around 270 hectares. The subsoil changes from the original quartzite rock to the softer Hunsrück schist. From now on, the Ruwer flows to the southwest at a significantly lower flow rate than in the source region. In the local area of Zerf, at an altitude of 350 meters above sea level, the river changes its direction of flow and turns north - one speaks of the so-called "Zerfer knee", as the Ruwer changes its direction in a 95 ° bend. Initially, wide floodplains change into stream sections with a narrow valley bottom and quite steep slopes. Only occasionally there are larger valley widenings. The settlements in this middle Ruwertal are on the upper slope. Only there are the slopes and heights more gently inclined and can also be used for agriculture. Finally, in the lower section of the river, there are the wine-growing towns of Waldrach, Kasel, Mertesdorf and Trier-Ruwer. The wine that has made the Ruwertal famous far beyond the country's borders grows on the steep slate slopes facing south and west. Source: Ruwer and tributaries water project, a brochure on the Ruwer water project; Ed .: District administration Trier-Saarburg, 2001

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Location: Osburg, Landkreis Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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