Ruwer/Eitelsbach is a quarter of
Trier
Trier ( , ; lb, Tréier ), formerly known in English as Trèves ( ;) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the ...
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Germany
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Eitelsbach was a small village at the
Ruwer (river)
The Ruwer is a river in Germany with a length of . It is a right tributary of the Moselle. The valley of the Ruwer is a part of the Moselle wine-growing region near Trier in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is famous for its Riesling wines, ...
in Germany's
Mosel region and famous for the wine estate Karthäuserhof and the associated vineyard Karthäuserhofberg, which means "
Carthusians
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' Hill". The wines are labeled "Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberger."
Eitelsbach and Ruwer were added to Trier in 1969. They formed the Trier district of Ruwer/Eitelsbach in 1974.Now known in history.
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