Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde)

Ruwer is a Verbandsgemeinde (collective municipality) with 18,171 inhabitants (as at Dec 2015) 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 region
Coat of arms

Ruwer consists of the following 20 Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

Name Area
(km²)		 1563
(Fireplaces)		 1684
(Fireplaces)		 1818
(Population)		 2000
(Population)		 2015
(Population)
Bonerath 4.25 6 6 151 256 245
Farschweiler 7.45 13 8 197 760 784
Gusterath 4.41 5 9 141 2,015 1,891
Gutweiler 2.51 7 7 100 739 648
Herl 2.83 5 7 140 254 268
Hinzenburg 2.87 3 3 82 164 142
Holzerath 6.76 6 5 186 498 429
Kasel 4.53 25 21 255 1,347 1,312
Korlingen 2.08 9 6 97 890 771
Lorscheid 5.09 11 12 187 621 568
Mertesdorf 6.47 20 14 287 1,762 1,650
Morscheid 5.48 17 18 227 821 954
Ollmuth 3.93 4 4 91 174 160
Osburg 33.92 23 17 515 1,943 2,457
Pluwig 4.87 9 9 250 1,231 1,600
Riveris 2.11 4 4 133 364 408
Schöndorf 10.03 12 12 296 831 734
Sommerau 1.04 1 1 29 74 73
Thomm 4.49 16 12 327 1,041 1,050
Waldrach 12.45 53 41 533 2,179 2,027
Σ Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde) 127.57 249 216 4,224 17,964 18,171

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

See also

Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg

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