Moselle Hills
Moselle Hills Moselberge | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Schimmelsberg aufm Hüttenberg |
Elevation | 434.1 m above NHN |
Geography | |
State | between Moselle valley |
The Moselle Hills (
vineyards on the southern slopes of the wooded hills. They lie on the southern edge of the Eifel
region.
Geography
Location
The Moselle Hills lie between the village Reil in the northeast and the town of Schweich in the southwest and run past the wine village of Piesport northwest along the Moselle, the aforementioned settlements all lying on the river itself.
Natural regional grouping
From a
Wittlich Basin
(Wittlicher Senke, 251).
Hills
The hills and high points of the Moselle Hills – sorted by their height in metres (m) above sea level (NHN)[1] include the:
- Schimmelsberg aufm Hüttenberg (434.1 m), around 1.7 km north of Piesport in the parish of Minheim
- Monzeler Hüttenkopf (423.4 m, west of Monzel)
- Mehringer Berg (418.7 m, northwest of Mehring)
- Hansenberg (401.8 m), east of Rivenich
- Thomasberg (382.9 m), south of Klausen
- Rothenberg (365.3 m), east of Wengerohr
- Stöppelberg (364 m), northeast of Klausen
- Rudemberg (278 m), west of Klüsserath
- (Noviander) Hüttenkopf (273.3 m), west of Noviand
- Geisberg (262 m), south of Mülheim on Moselle
Rivers
The southern part of the Moselle Hills is bisected in a north-south direction by a stretch of the
Lieser
cuts through its northern part from northwest to southeast. Both rivers are tributaries of the Moselle.