Overview

It is situated on the right bank of the river Moselle

Moselle River

The Moselle is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg, and Germany. It is a left tributary of the Rhine, joining the Rhine at Koblenz. A small part of Belgium is also drained by the Mosel through the Our....

, on the border with Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

 and France

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...

, approx. 25 km southeast of Luxembourg (city)

Luxembourg (city)

The city of Luxembourg , also known as Luxembourg City , is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse Rivers in southern Luxembourg...

. It is joined by a bridge across the Moselle River with Schengen in Luxembourg and by a second bridge between Nennig

Nennig

Nennig is a village in the Saarland, Germany, part of the municipality of Perl. It is situated on the river Moselle, opposite Remich, Luxembourg. Nennig is known for a Roman villa containing well-preserved mosaics that were excavated in the 19th century...

 and Remich

Remich

Remich is a commune with city status in south-eastern Luxembourg with just under 3,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the canton of Remich, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher. Remich lies on the left bank of the Moselle river, which forms part of the border between Luxembourg and...

. A fine Roman

Ancient 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....

 mosaic

Mosaic

Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral...

 has been found in the village Nennig

Nennig

Nennig is a village in the Saarland, Germany, part of the municipality of Perl. It is situated on the river Moselle, opposite Remich, Luxembourg. Nennig is known for a Roman villa containing well-preserved mosaics that were excavated in the 19th century...

, part of the municipality of Perl.

Villages of the municipality

• Besch
• Borg
• Büschdorf
• Eft-Hellendorf
• Keßlingen
• Münzingen
• Nennig
  Nennig
  Nennig is a village in the Saarland, Germany, part of the municipality of Perl. It is situated on the river Moselle, opposite Remich, Luxembourg. Nennig is known for a Roman villa containing well-preserved mosaics that were excavated in the 19th century...
  
  
• Oberleuken
• Oberperl
• Perl
• Sehndorf
• Sinz
• Tettingen-Butzdorf
• Wochern

Administration

• 1989 - 2007 : Anton Hoffmann, CDU
  Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
  The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
  
  
• 2007 - : Bruno Schmitt, SPD

Education

The municipality Perl can claim itself since more than 250 years as a school place. Oldest records about school teaching and school buildings date back to the year 1743.The Schengen Lyzeum Perl is the first cross-border grammar school which offers the German and Luxembourg diploma.

Roman mosaic floor

The Roman mosaic in Nennig

Nennig

Nennig is a village in the Saarland, Germany, part of the municipality of Perl. It is situated on the river Moselle, opposite Remich, Luxembourg. Nennig is known for a Roman villa containing well-preserved mosaics that were excavated in the 19th century...

 with a size of 160m², is the largest mosaic north of the Alps. It was rebuilt in 1874 and restored in 1960. The mosaic is with its 15,65 m x 10,30 m large, ornamental decorated surface a gem and exceeds all mosaics, which were found in the Moselle region in Roman palaces and mansions so far.

Roman Villa Borg

Roman Villa Borg

The Roman Villa Borg is a reconstructed Roman villa rustica located near the villages of Borg and Oberleuken in the municipality of Perl in Saarland, Germany. Discovered at the end of the 19th century, the site was excavated in the late 1980s. Reconstruction work, which began in the mid 1990s, was...

The Roman Villa Borg

Roman Villa Borg

The Roman Villa Borg is a reconstructed Roman villa rustica located near the villages of Borg and Oberleuken in the municipality of Perl in Saarland, Germany. Discovered at the end of the 19th century, the site was excavated in the late 1980s. Reconstruction work, which began in the mid 1990s, was...

 was reconstructed faithfully with lobbies, public baths, gardens and Roman tavern. In Borg they cook after original recipes of the Roman gourmet Apicius

Apicius

Apicius is the title of a collection of Roman cookery recipes, usually thought to have been compiled in the late 4th or early 5th century AD and written in a language that is in many ways closer to Vulgar than to Classical Latin....

. In addition there is still another set of showcases in which presented the finds from the Roman and Celtic time.

Palace von Nell and parc von Nell

In 1733 the hereditary tenant of the 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....

 Cathedral Chapter constructed a stately house (palace), which changed later into the possession of the family from Nell. The residental building is a nine-axle, two storey building with a front length from 24,30 m and a high kerb roof. Opposite the palace is a garden portal with double-barreled outside staircase that leads in the "Parc of Nell", which was transformed in the context of the project "Gärten ohne Grenzen" to the baroque garden.

War grave place Besch

The war grave place remembered of the fallen people in the Second World War. Three large stone crosses stand on a blown up bunker, 1279 German dead rest there. But also 950 war victims of other nations found there, their last resting place.

Schloss Berg

Schloss Berg in Nennig

Nennig

Nennig is a village in the Saarland, Germany, part of the municipality of Perl. It is situated on the river Moselle, opposite Remich, Luxembourg. Nennig is known for a Roman villa containing well-preserved mosaics that were excavated in the 19th century...

 actually consists of two castles, the under and the upper castle. The under castle is in private property and the upper castle was rebuilt later to the Renaissance-Schloss. Today it is a luxury hotel, a gourmet restaurant and a modern casino.