The Ruwer is a river in

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with a length of . It is a right tributary of the

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; ; ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A sm ...

. The valley of the Ruwer is a part of the Moselle wine-growing region near

Trier Trier ( , ; ), formerly and traditionally known in English as Trèves ( , ) and Triers (see also Names of Trier in different languages, names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle (river), Moselle in Germany. It lies in a v ...

in the state of

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

. It is famous for its

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wines, see

Ruwer (region) Ruwer or Ruwerthal is a wine-growing district (''Bereich'') at the Ruwer (river) near Trier, Germany. It is a district of the Mosel wine, Mosel region, which used to be called Mosel-Saar-Ruwer. The Ancient Rome, Romans produced wine in the Ruwe ...

, and, prior to 1 August 2007, the Moselle region used to be known as ''Moselle-Saar-Ruwer''. In the lower Ruwer valley are the villages of Waldrach, Kasel,

Mertesdorf Mertesdorf is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near Trier Trier ( , ; ), formerly and traditionally known in English as Trèves ( , ) and Triers (see also Names of Trier in different languages, ...

, Eitelsbach and Ruwer.

History

The Roman city of Trier (

Augusta Treverorum Augusta Treverorum (Latin for "City of Augustus in the Land of the Treveri") was a Ancient Rome, Roman city on the Moselle River, from which modern Trier emerged. The date of the city's founding is placed between the construction of the first Rom ...

) was supplied with water by the Roman Ruwer Aqueduct, which delivered up to 25,000 cubic metres per day. In A.D. 371, the Ruwer was mentioned by the Roman poet,

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, in his poem, ''Mosella'' as follows: ''"The Ruwer turns the corn-grinding millstones in giddy whirls and draws the shrieking saws through smooth

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...

blocks."''

Tributaries

Other tributaries of the Ruwer include the Apfelbach, Borgraben, Eitelsbach, Gusterather Waschbach, Kundelbach, Labach, Moertschelbach, Rimperterbach, Wenigbach, Wenzelbach and the Wilzenburger Waschbach.

Mills

There are, or were, several

water mill A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production ...

s in the Ruwer region: ''Alte Mühle'' Kell am See, ''Mühlscheider Hof'' in Kahlbach, Schillingen Mill Lehbach, Niederkell Mill, ''Unterste Mühle'' at Burkelsbach,

Saw mill A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ...

at Burkelsbach, Waldweiler Mill, Niederzerfer Mill on the Ruwer, Hauser Mill on the Ruwer, Mill at Großbach in Zerf, ''Kramesmühle'' Hentern, Hentern Mill, Lampaden Mill at Reiperter Bach, Benrath Mill at Klinkbach, Burg Heid Mill, Hinzenburg Mill, Heddert Mill on the Rauruwer, Little Geizenburg Mill, '' Pluwiger Hammer'', Mill at Enterbach, ''Raulsmühle'' near Lonzenburg, Mill in Sommerau and another mill, Korlingen Mill, ''Herrgottsmühle'' ( Morscheid Mill), ''Studentenmühle'', ''Lichtenthalsmühle'', '' Schleifmühle'' at the Riveris mouth in Waldrach, ''Schmelzmühle'' Waldrach, ''Schneidemühle'' Riveris, ''Feilensmühle'' Riveris, '' Osburger Mühle'' on the Riveris, ''Alte Dorfmühle'' Waldrach (''Scherfsmühle''), Ölmühle, ''Welschmühle'' Waldrach, Mills in Kasel, '' Karlsmühle'' Mertesdorf, ''Reisenmühle'', Grünhäuser Mill, ''Hüstermühle'' Trier-Ruwer, ''Lambertysmühle'', ''Felsenmühle'', etc.

Biology

In and by the Ruwer live numerous rare and protected species, such as the bullhead,Mentioned in Project Natura 2000
/ref> dipperl, purple emperor butterfly and the

kingfisher Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species living in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania, ...

. Until the 1940s,

salmon Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera ''Salmo'' and ''Oncorhynchus'' of the family (biology), family Salmonidae, native ...

s were still caught in the Ruwer.Report on salmon in the Ruwer
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References

{{Authority control Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate Rivers of the Hunsrück Rivers of Germany

History

Tributaries

Mills

Biology

See also

References