The Meulenwald , also called the Mühlenwald , is a bunter sandstone hill ridge, up to 448.8 m above sea level (NHN) , in the southern part of the Eifel mountains in the counties of Trier-Saarburg and Bernkastel-Wittlich in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate .
7-659: The Meulenwald is part of the Moselle Eifel and extends from Ehrang/Quint in the northern part of the borough of Trier in the southwest to the Wittlich Basin near Salmtal in the northeast and between Zemmer to the west and Hetzerath to the east. In the southwest it reaches the Kyll and in the northeast as far as the Salm , both tributaries of the Moselle ; the streams of Quintbach and
14-558: A maximum of 423 m above NHN at Schafstall near Bremm . On the far, southeastern side of the Moselle Valley with its many meanders and well known castles rises the somewhat higher hill range of the Hunsrück . The Moselle Eifel forms a major natural region unit (270) within the major unit group of the East Eifel (no. 27) die Haupteinheit Moseleifel (270) and has
21-708: The BfN no. 27001. It is divided as follows: 270 Moselle Eifel ( Moseleifel , 790.0552 km²) The Moselle Eifel lies between these major natural regional units looking downstream along the Moselle: in the direction of the Eifel: the direction of and along the Moselle: The hills and viewing points left of the Moselle Valley include the following (in downstream order) – with heights in metres (m) above sea level (NHN) (unless otherwise stated: ) Further inland towards
28-651: The Bendersbach flow within the hill range. The Meulenwald forms a natural region subunit ( Meulenwald , 270.7) within the major unit group of the East Eifel (No. 27) and major unit of the Moselle Eifel (270). The hills and high points of the Meulenwald include the following – sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level (NHN) : Settlements in and on the edge of the Meulenwald are: Moselle Eifel The Moselle Eifel ( German : Moseleifel ) forms
35-509: The Moselle river, sometimes away from the river, between Trier-Ehrang , at the confluence of the Kyll and the Moselle, and Moselkern at the confluence of the Elzbach with the same Rhine tributary. The hills of the Moselle Eifel are lower than those of the adjacent and very ancient Volcanic Eifel to the north and only exceed 400 m above sea level (NHN) in a few places, reaching
42-571: The Volcanic Eifel are the: The region is a popular holiday area and part of the Middle Moselle wine growing region. This is characterised by a large number of small, prestigious vineyards that are family-owned. As a result of the relatively steep Moselle Valley the Moselle Wine Road , while the railway only travels along the valley as far as the first river bend at Zell and then ascends
49-518: The southeastern strip of the East Eifel to the left of the Moselle from the city of Trier downstream as far as Moselkern ; in the southeast it does not reach as far as the Moselle Valley . It lies exclusively within the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and is a truncated highland , roughly half of which is forested. The Moselle Eifel runs in a southwest to northeast direction, northwest along
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