Ediger-Eller
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Ediger-Eller is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality
belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde
, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell
district
in Rhineland-Palatinate
, Germany
. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Cochem, whose seat is in the like-named town
.
factory near Trier
suggest that the municipality may have existed as early as the 2nd or 3rd century AD.
Even older traces of settlement – remnants of a stone wall of a flight castle from Celtic times – can be found on the Hochkessel, the mountain on the other side of the Moselle. On the side of the Moselle facing towards the Hunsrück
is a Roman-Gaul
ish burying ground near Saint Peter’s Chapel (Peters-Kapelle) in Neef
.
The sparse remnants of a Roman legion’s garrison outpost can be found in the heights of the Calmont.
The constituent community of Eller was as early as the 5th century, in Merovingian
times, the seat of a monastery consecrated to Saint Fridolin
. Built onto the Late Romanesque
tower is a Baroque
nave with fine furnishings, among them a Stumm organ
. In Saint Arnulf’s Chapel
across the street hangs the picture Verspottung Christi (“Mocking of Christ”) from the 15th century, after a drawing by Martin Schongauer
. The Pyrmont and Electoral-Trier manor houses from the 16th century, today the ancestral seat of the Barons of Landenberg-Trimborn, underscore Eller’s former importance.
Behind the railway bridge, with a slope of 65%, rises the Calmont, whose south side is the world’s steepest vineyard, reaching a height of 378 m. A hike up the via ferrata
to the mountain ridge is among the most impressive experiences on the Moselle. On the other side, on the former Insula Sankt Nicolai, stands the ruin of a convent church that once belonged to the Stuben Augustinian
convent, founded in 1137. From 1208 to 1788, it housed the famous Limburger Staurothek, a reliquary
that is important to art history, allegedly containing bits of the Cross on which Jesus was crucified. Today, it is part of the Limburg
cathedral treasury.
Beginning in 1794, Ediger and Eller lay under French
rule and were merged to form a single municipality. In 1815 they were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia
at the Congress of Vienna
, and once again became two separate municipalities. Since 1877, Eller has lain near the end of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Tunnel, which begins in Cochem
and is named after Emperor Wilhelm I (not his more infamous grandson, Wilhelm II). From the time of its completion until 1987, it was Germany’s longest railway tunnel at 4 205 m. The tunnel is part of the Moselstrecke (Moselle line). Not far from the tunnel portal, and before the Moselle bridge, stands Ediger-Eller railway station.
Beginning in 1946, the two municipalities were part of the then newly founded state
of Rhineland-Palatinate
. On 7 June 1969, in the course of administrative restructuring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Ediger and Eller were once again merged to form a single municipality.
at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:
might be described thus: Per pale vert a vine palewise embowed to dexter in chief leafed of three and fructed of one, all Or, and argent a cross enhanced gules.
’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
. Raised in the vineyard
s is mainly Riesling
. One of the local winemaking locations is Ediger Osterlämmchen.
Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...
belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell
Cochem-Zell
Cochem-Zell is a district in the north-west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Mayen-Koblenz, Rhein-Hunsrück, Bernkastel-Wittlich, and Vulkaneifel.- History :...
district
Districts of Germany
The districts of Germany are known as , except in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein where they are known simply as ....
in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Cochem, whose seat is in the like-named town
Cochem
Cochem is the seat of and the biggest place in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With just under 5,000 inhabitants, Cochem falls just behind Kusel, in the like-named district, as Germany's second smallest district seat...
.
Location
Ediger-Eller lies on the river Moselle. The constituent community of Eller is found at the foot of the Calmont.History
The two constituent communities have a history that, according to a documentary mention, stretches at least as far back as the year 639. Potsherds that have been found, which came from a RomanAncient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
factory near Trier
Trier
Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....
suggest that the municipality may have existed as early as the 2nd or 3rd century AD.
Even older traces of settlement – remnants of a stone wall of a flight castle from Celtic times – can be found on the Hochkessel, the mountain on the other side of the Moselle. On the side of the Moselle facing towards the Hunsrück
Hunsrück
The Hunsrück is a low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the river valleys of the Moselle , the Nahe , and the Rhine . The Hunsrück is continued by the Taunus mountains on the eastern side of the Rhine. In the north behind the Moselle it is continued by the Eifel...
is a Roman-Gaul
Gaul
Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...
ish burying ground near Saint Peter’s Chapel (Peters-Kapelle) in Neef
Neef
Neef is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Zell, whose seat is in the municipality of Zell an der Mosel...
.
The sparse remnants of a Roman legion’s garrison outpost can be found in the heights of the Calmont.
The constituent community of Eller was as early as the 5th century, in Merovingian
Merovingian dynasty
The Merovingians were a Salian Frankish dynasty that came to rule the Franks in a region largely corresponding to ancient Gaul from the middle of the 5th century. Their politics involved frequent civil warfare among branches of the family...
times, the seat of a monastery consecrated to Saint Fridolin
Fridolin of Säckingen
Saint Fridolin, otherwise Fridolin of Säckingen, traditionally believed to have been born in Ireland, was a missionary, and the founder of Säckingen Abbey, Baden, in the 6th or 7th century. He is honoured as the apostle of the Alamanns.-Life:...
. Built onto the Late Romanesque
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
tower is a Baroque
Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...
nave with fine furnishings, among them a Stumm organ
Organ (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
. In Saint Arnulf’s Chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
across the street hangs the picture Verspottung Christi (“Mocking of Christ”) from the 15th century, after a drawing by Martin Schongauer
Martin Schongauer
Martin Schongauer was a German engraver and painter. He was the most important German printmaker before Albrecht Dürer....
. The Pyrmont and Electoral-Trier manor houses from the 16th century, today the ancestral seat of the Barons of Landenberg-Trimborn, underscore Eller’s former importance.
Behind the railway bridge, with a slope of 65%, rises the Calmont, whose south side is the world’s steepest vineyard, reaching a height of 378 m. A hike up the via ferrata
Via ferrata
A via ferrata or klettersteig is a mountain route which is equipped with fixed cables, stemples, ladders, and bridges. The use of these allows otherwise isolated routes to be joined to create longer routes which are accessible to people with a wide range of climbing abilities...
to the mountain ridge is among the most impressive experiences on the Moselle. On the other side, on the former Insula Sankt Nicolai, stands the ruin of a convent church that once belonged to the Stuben Augustinian
Augustinians
The term Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo , applies to two separate and unrelated types of Catholic religious orders:...
convent, founded in 1137. From 1208 to 1788, it housed the famous Limburger Staurothek, a reliquary
Reliquary
A reliquary is a container for relics. These may be the physical remains of saints, such as bones, pieces of clothing, or some object associated with saints or other religious figures...
that is important to art history, allegedly containing bits of the Cross on which Jesus was crucified. Today, it is part of the Limburg
Limburg an der Lahn
Limburg an der Lahn is the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany.-Location:Limburg lies in western Hesse between the Taunus and the Westerwald on the river Lahn....
cathedral treasury.
Beginning in 1794, Ediger and Eller lay under French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
rule and were merged to form a single municipality. In 1815 they were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
at the Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars,...
, and once again became two separate municipalities. Since 1877, Eller has lain near the end of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Tunnel, which begins in Cochem
Cochem
Cochem is the seat of and the biggest place in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With just under 5,000 inhabitants, Cochem falls just behind Kusel, in the like-named district, as Germany's second smallest district seat...
and is named after Emperor Wilhelm I (not his more infamous grandson, Wilhelm II). From the time of its completion until 1987, it was Germany’s longest railway tunnel at 4 205 m. The tunnel is part of the Moselstrecke (Moselle line). Not far from the tunnel portal, and before the Moselle bridge, stands Ediger-Eller railway station.
Beginning in 1946, the two municipalities were part of the then newly founded state
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
. On 7 June 1969, in the course of administrative restructuring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Ediger and Eller were once again merged to form a single municipality.
Municipal council
The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by proportional representationProportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:
| CDU | FWG Free Voters Free Voters is a German concept in which an association of persons participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it is a locally organized group of voters in the form of a registered association . In most cases, Free Voters are active only at the... |
Total | |
| 2009 | 9 | 7 | 16 seats |
| 2004 | 5 | 11 | 16 seats |
Coat of arms
The municipality’s armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
might be described thus: Per pale vert a vine palewise embowed to dexter in chief leafed of three and fructed of one, all Or, and argent a cross enhanced gules.
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-PalatinateRhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
Ediger
- Ediger village centre (monumental zone) – streets and buildings within the whole town wall with moat
- Saint Martin’s Catholic Parish Church (Pfarrkirche St. Martin), Kirchstraße – two-naved hall churchHall churchA hall church is a church with nave and side aisles of approximately equal height, often united under a single immense roof. The term was first coined in the mid-19th century by the pioneering German art historian Wilhelm Lübke....
, about 1506-1512/1518, sacristy from the 16th century, expansion 1951/52; outside: baptismal font, about 1100; cross, late 15th century; graveyard: old wall, five cast-ironCast ironCast iron is derived from pig iron, and while it usually refers to gray iron, it also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy. White cast iron is named after its white surface when fractured, due...
grave crosses, late 19th century, RheinböllenRheinböllenRheinböllen is a town in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde, and also belongs to it.-Location:...
Ironworks; whole complex of buildings - So-called Meinradskapelle, Moselweinstraße/corner of Kapellenstraße – pilgrimagePilgrimageA pilgrimage is a journey or search of great moral or spiritual significance. Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person's beliefs and faith...
chapelChapelA chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
to the Mother of God, staggered aisleless churchAisleless churchAn Aisleless church is a single-nave church building that consists of a single hall-like room. While similar to the hall church, the aisleless church lacks aisles or passageways either side of the nave separated from the nave by colonnades or arcades, a row of pillars or columns...
, from 1666-1667 - Town wall (monumental zone) – 1362 leave to fortify the village, 1459 first mentioned; rectangular wallworks (on the side facing the mountains from the parish church to the Lohmühle), wall on Hochstraße; gate at the church, on the side facing the mountains arrow slits as well as remnants of a half-round tower; at the northeast corner a half-round open-backed defensive tower (Schalenturm) “Vinum bonum”; the wall runs parallel to Kapellenstraße to the Unterer Turm (“Lower Tower”) up at the Meinharduskapelle; on the west side of Moselstraße 18/19 town gate with Late GothicGothic architectureGothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
portal, house of the bakers’ guild and the Brotherhood of Saint Anne, 1567; no. 19 archway friezeFriezethumb|267px|Frieze of the [[Tower of the Winds]], AthensIn architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Even when neither columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon...
, late mediaevalLate Middle AgesThe Late Middle Ages was the period of European history generally comprising the 14th to the 16th century . The Late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern era ....
portal; second tower on Moselstraße, there also town wall remnants, along whose course on Oberbachstraße a further open-backed defensive tower - Way of the Cross, Bergstraße (monumental zone) – BaroqueBaroque architectureBaroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...
Stations of the Cross, Bildstock type, 1762 - Bergstraße – BildstockBildstockA wayside shrine, is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mountain. They have been a feature of many cultures,...
, with CrucifixionCrucifixion of JesusThe crucifixion of Jesus and his ensuing death is an event that occurred during the 1st century AD. Jesus, who Christians believe is the Son of God as well as the Messiah, was arrested, tried, and sentenced by Pontius Pilate to be scourged, and finally executed on a cross...
group, 18th century - Eulenstraße (no number) – building with mansard roofMansard roofA mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret...
, 20th century - Eulenstraße 5 – former Klausener Hof; three-floor timber-frameTimber framingTimber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...
house, partly solid, plastered, essentially from the 16th century - Hochstraße – well
- Hochstraße 1 – timber-frame house, partly solid, half-hipped roof, from 1549
- Hochstraße 3 – timber-frame house, partly solid, balloon frame, from 1543
- Hochstraße 4 – former estate of Steinfeld Abbey; Baroque building with hipped mansard roof, 18th century
- Hochstraße 5 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, 17th century; characteristic of the village’s appearance
- Hochstraße 9 – timber-frame house, partly solid, essentially from the 16th century
- Hochstraße 14 – timber-frame house, partly solid, half-hipped roof, 16th century, alterations in the 17th or 18th century
- Hochstraße 16 – timber-frame house, partly solid, essentially possibly from the 16th century, conversion in the 18th century
- Hochstraße 18 – timber-frame house, partly solid, hipped mansard roof, from 1826, essentially from the late 16th century, expansion in the 18th century
- Hochstraße 19 – winemaker’s house; quarrystone building, early 20th century
- Hochstraße 20 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, hipped mansard roof, from 1812, essentially possibly from the 16th or 17th century
- Hochstraße 26 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, half-hipped roof, 18th century
- Hochstraße 28 – timber-frame house, partly solid, half-hipped roof, from 1628
- Hochstraße 35 – former winepress house; timber-frame house, partly solid, half-hipped roof, from 1699
- Hochstraße 35 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, hipped mansard roof, from 1735 and 1783/1785
- Hochstraße 37 – timber-frame house, partly solid, from 1614, essentially possibly older
- Kapellenstraße 6 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, half-hipped roof, 17th century
- Kapellenstraße 8 – timber-frame house, partly solid, 16th century, addition in the 19th century
- Kirchstraße – sculpture of Christ the Saviour, 18th century, set into a wall
- Kirchstraße 4/6 – Baroque plastered building, 18th century; next to it a solid building, partly timber-frame, half-hipped roof, 17th century (?)
- Kirchstraße 10 – timber-frame house, 16th century
- Kirchstraße 15 – former Springiersbach estate and rectory; timber-frame house, plastered, mansard roof, 18th century; entrance gate, well
- Kuhgasse – winepress house, quarrystone building, partly timber-frame, possibly from the 19th century
- Moselweinstraße 11 – three-floor richly adorned timber-frame house, partly solid, half-hipped roof, from 1657
- Moselweinstraße 12 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, 16th century
- Moselweinstraße 13 – former Electoral Amtshaus; three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, from 1515, Archbishop Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads’s (1511-1531) heraldicHeraldryHeraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"...
escutcheon - Moselweinstraße 20 – former mayor’s house, stately quarrystone building, about 1870/1880
- Nikolausstraße 5 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, 16th century
- Nikolausstraße 7 – timber-frame house, partly solid, balloon frame, 16th century
- Nikolausstraße 14 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, from 1614, possibly expanded later
- Oberbachstraße 1 – solid building, from 1582, behind it a timber-frame house, partly solid, from 1600
- Oberbachstraße 2 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, mid to late 17th century
- Oberbachstraße 3 – plastered timber-frame house, 17th century
- Oberbachstraße 4 – three-floor richly adorned timber-frame house, partly solid, from 1623
- Oberbachstraße 10 – U-shaped complex; timber-frame house, plastered, early 19th century; plastered building with RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
tower, from 1584; so-called Sälchen (“Little Room”), plastered building, 16th century; barn - Oberbachstraße 12 – quarrystone building, from 1820s?
- (hinter) Oberbachstraße 15 – plastered quarrystone building, from 1589
- Oberbachstraße 17 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, 16th century
- Oberbachstraße 18 – timber-frame house, partly solid, half-hipped roof, 16th century
- Oberbachstraße 19 – timber-frame house, partly solid, essentially from the 16th century, knee wall from the 19th century
- Oberbachstraße 20 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, essentially possibly from the 16th century, uppermost floor added in the 19th century
- Oberbachstraße 22 – timber-frame house, partly solid, sided, essentially possibly from the 16th or 17th century
- Oberbachstraße 24 – niche relief, 18th century
- Oberbachstraße 30 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, 18th century, essentially possibly older
- Paulusstraße – Gotisches Haus; GothicGothic architectureGothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
solid building, abuts Oberbachstraße 16 - Paulusstraße 1 – timber-frame house, partly solid, balloon frame, half-hipped roof, from 1517
- Paulusstraße 2 – niche relief, 18th century
- Paulusstraße 3 – big building with hipped mansard roof, essentially possibly Baroque, alterations in the 1920s/1930s
- Paulusstraße 5 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, early 16th century; bridge gate, timber framing; timber-frame house, 16th century
- Paulusstraße 7 – Trier Cathedral Provost’s estate; Baroque timber-frame house, partly solid, hipped mansard roof, 18th century
- Pelzerstraße 1 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, half-hipped roof, from 1623, essentially older
- Pelzerstraße 4 – stately timber-frame house, partly solid, 18th century, essentially possibly older
- Pelzerstraße 8 – plastered building, 16th or 17th century
- Pelzerstraße 14 – plastered timber-frame house, 18th century
- Pelzerstraße 22 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, half-hipped roof, latter half of the 16th century
- Perstraße – wayside cross, from 1667
- Pützstraße 5 – timber-frame house, partly solid, half-hipped roof, 17th century
- Pützstraße 7 – timber-frame house, partly solid, mansard roof, 18th century
- Raiffeisenstraße 7 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, 16th century
- Raiffeisenstraße 9 – plastered timber-frame house, partly solid, 18th century; abutting solid building above archway frieze
- Raiffeisenstraße 9a – timber-frame house, partly solid, 16th century
- Rathausstraße – coat of armsCoat of armsA coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
- Rathausstraße 1 – timber-frame house, partly solid, half-hipped roof, 17th century; timber-frame addition from the 18th century
- Rathausstraße 9 – timber-frame house, partly solid, Late Gothic portal with relief, 16th century
- Rathausstraße 13 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, essentially from the 16th century
- Unterbachstraße 2 – timber-frame house, partly solid, essentially possibly from the 17th century, knee wall from the 19th century
- Unterbachstraße 5 – solid building, 17th or 18th century
- Unterbachstraße 7 – timber-frame house, partly solid, possibly from the 16th or 17th century
- On BundesstraßeBundesstraßeBundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
49, in the vineyardVineyardA vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice...
– wayside cross, from 1783 - On Bundesstraße 49, going towards NehrenNehren, Rhineland-PalatinateNehren is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Cochem, whose seat is in the like-named town...
– Heiligenhäuschen (a small, shrinelike structure consecrated to a saint or saints); relief with Crucifixion group, from 1788 - On Bundesstraße 49 – wayside cross, from 1835
- On the other side of the Moselle – wooden lookout pavilion
- On Kreisstraße (District Road) 19, north of Ediger – chapelChapelA chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
; plastered building, 19th century - Lehmen Estate, on Bundesstraße 49 – ruin of a RomanesqueRomanesque architectureRomanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
residential tower, dendrochronologicallyDendrochronologyDendrochronology or tree-ring dating is the scientific method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree-rings. Dendrochronology can date the time at which tree rings were formed, in many types of wood, to the exact calendar year...
dated to 1233-1234 - Cross chapel with Way of the Cross; Baroque Way of the Cross, 15 stations; some from 1762; Cross chapel, aisleless church, from 1498, expansion 1704-1707
Eller
- Saint Hilarius’sPope HilariusPope Saint Hilarius was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 461 to February 28, 468. He was canonized as a saint after his death....
Catholic Parish Church (Pfarrkirche St. Hilarius), Bachstraße – Romanesque west tower, Late Gothic cupola, Gothic RevivalGothic Revival architectureThe Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
quire, possibly from the latter half of the 17th century, Baroque aisleless church, from 1718 - Bachstraße – street chapel; open wood construction, from 1784; missionary cross, from 1733; fountain spout, late 18th century
- Bachstraße – former Saint Roch’s Chapel (Rochuskapelle); Baroque aisleless church, three-sided end wall about 1500; grave cross, from 1733
- Bachstraße 13 – door with fanlight, about 1828
- Bachstraße 15 – door with fanlight, about 1817
- Bachstraße 16 – former schoolSchoolA school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
; quarrystone building with timber-frame addition, late 19th century - Bachstraße 21 – former rectory; three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid and slated, from 1903
- Bachstraße 22 – timber-frame house, partly solid, 18th century
- Brunnenstraße 17 – timber-frame house, partly solid, essentially from the 16th century; three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, essentially older, uppermost floor built in the 19th century
- Brunnenstraße 18 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, 17th century
- Brunnenstraße 19 – building with combined end wall and gable, possibly from the 16th century
- Brunnenstraße 20 – timber-frame house, partly solid, 18th century
- Brunnenstraße 26 – timber-frame house, partly solid, half-hipped roof, 16th century
- Brunnenstraße 30 – timber-frame house, partly solid, balloon frame, 16th century
- Brunnenstraße 33 – Gothic window jamb
- Brunnenstraße 39 – cellar portal, from 1580
- Brunnenstraße 43 – former Pyrmont estate; building with two wings, outdoor stairway, from 1578 and 1582
- Moselweinstraße 59 – former Electoral wine cellar, called Freidthof; late mediaeval solid building, partly timber-frame, from 1641, alterations up to the 19th century; winepress house, timber-frame building, partly solid, from 1585; collection of hearth heating plates, 16th and 17th centuries
- Moselweinstraße 62 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, half-hipped roof, from 1556, dendrochronologically dated to 1531-1532
- Moselweinstraße 67 – winemaker’s villa; quarrystone building, about 1900
- Moselweinstraße 88 – villa; quarrystone building with tower, from 1879
- Neustraße 14 – timber-frame house, partly solid, 18th century, essentially possibly from the 16th or 17th century
- Across the street from Plattertstraße 1 – Kellerei Eller; one-floor wine cellar building, Art NouveauArt NouveauArt Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
, from 1913 - St. Jakobstraße 3/5 – three-winged quarrystone double house, 19th century
- St. Jakobstraße 15 – timber-frame house, partly solid, 18th century
- Uckertstraße 12 – plastered building, 18th century (?)
- Uckertstraße 16 – timber-frame house, partly solid, 18th or 19th century
- Portal of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Tunnel, sandstoneSandstoneSandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
blocks, from 1877
Economy and infrastructure
The most important branches of the economy are winegrowing and tourismTourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
. Raised in the vineyard
Vineyard
A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice...
s is mainly Riesling
Riesling
Riesling is a white grape variety which originated in the Rhine region of Germany. Riesling is an aromatic grape variety displaying flowery, almost perfumed, aromas as well as high acidity. It is used to make dry, semi-sweet, sweet and sparkling white wines. Riesling wines are usually varietally...
. One of the local winemaking locations is Ediger Osterlämmchen.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Eduard David, b. 11 June 1863 in Ediger, d. 24 December 1930 in BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, German politician (SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
), Member of the Reichstag, Member of the HesseHesseHesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
Landtag, Minister of the Interior
Further reading
- Alfons Friderichs, Karl Josef Gilles, Wolfgang Wolpert: Ediger-Eller an der Mosel. In: Rheinische Kunststätten, Heft 212, 1978.