A walk along Jugendstil highlights and other Traben-Trarbach, Germany Things to Do Tips

This walk, described in a brochure takes you along 12 examples of Jugendstil architecture in Traben-Trarbach. The walk took us about 3.5 hrs. I just returned to my hotelroom at Hotel Bellevue here in Traben-Trarbach, and still have to think where to put up all the photo's and explanations.

The brochure is free for guests of Hotel Bellevue. Otherwise you can buy it for 2.50 Euro at the Tourist Office (see address below).

In this tip are 4 more photo's with some Jugendstil highlights. I'll elaborate more on them in next tips.

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Phone: +49 654183980
Address: Am Bahnhof 5, 56841 Traben-Trarbach
Website: www.traben-trarbach.de
Other Contact: info@traben-trarbach.de

Winetasting is the thing to do along the river Mosel. In every town there are winetasting possibilities (Weinprobe) about every 25 metres or so. Really, that many!
We went to Emil Franz, a winemaker (Winzer) in Traben-Trarbach. It was included in our arrangement with the hotel. This young winegrower, of 3rd generation, clearly had fun in showing us around the business and explaining everything during a tasting session of 6 wines. Read about it in the Shopping Tip.

In any case, it's a good thing to prepare yourself a bit at home. Read about the differences between Hochgewachs, Kabinett, Spatlese, etc. And the most popular or best winehouses in the area. After the excess wine production in Europe, Germany decided to turn the problem into an assett. Wineproduction was limited to 10.000 litre per ha. That means quality wine, not quantity.

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Address: Anywhere in any Mosel village
Directions: You'll find winetasting (Weinprobe) in any Mosel village about every 25 metres or so!

On the Trarbach side is the Mittelmosel Museum in a baroque villa, once owned by the merchant family Böcking. German writer Goethe, French poet Apollinaire and the Prussian king Friedrich-Wilhelm IV were once guests here.

Nur der verdient sich Freiheit wie das Leben, der täglich sie erobern muss wrote Goethe in Faust, while he had a wild night at this villa in November 1792.

This museum now shows art and objects from 300 years of history in 20 rooms. But it also houses a large collection of old images of Traben-Trarbach and findings of the age of the Romans and Franks. It also has quite a famous maquette of Grevenstuck that was once a castle but now a ruin. There is also information about the excavations of Mont Royal where the French held the region under control in the 17th century.

Museum open until Nov. 1, every day 10-17 hrs. Monday closed. The link below leads to a PDF file (1.24 MB).

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Phone: 06541 9480
Address: Casinostrasse 2, 56841 Traben-Trarbach
Directions: Corner Casinostrasse (entrance) Enkirchestrasse (front of the villa)
Website: http://www.traben-trarbach.de/nextshopcms/cmspdf.asp?id=3