Klüsserath


Klüsserath on the Moselle River is a commune of the Verbandsgemeinde Schweich in the district Trier-Saarburg in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, between Bernkastel-Kues and Trier.

Geography

Location

Located in a wide, natural amphitheater of the Moselle valley, the wine of the commune of Klüsserather Bruderschaft is deemed to be a classical, southward, precipitous vineyard. About 90 hectares of vineyards with up to 83% of acclivity make the site one of the largest contiguous southward slopes at the Moselle. The commune of Klüsserath - as a classical street village - runs from this undercut slope to the river Moselle a distance of 2 kilometres. The long parallel streets are linked through small alleys. The stretching of Klüsserath has proverbial character: "So lang wie Klüsserath".
Nearby Klüsserath the river Salm meets the Moselle.
The federal road "B53", formerly known as "Mittelmoselstraße", runs between the village and the Moselle River on a flood protection embankment, built from 1927 to 1933.

Neighboring municipalities

Clockwise, beginning in the north; Klüsserath is situated on the eastern border of the district Trier-Saarburg; adjacent is the district Bernkastel-Wittlich:
Rivenich, Klausen, Piesport, Neumagen-Dhron, Trittenheim ; Köwerich, Thörnich, Bekond