Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde)

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

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

See also

Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg

External links

• Homepage of the municipality
• Touristinformation Ruwer