The Osburger Hochwald ("Osburg Upland Forest") lies southeast of the Osburger Hunsrück and has an area of 75 square kilometres. Together with the Schwarzwälder Hochwald , it forms the Hochwald or "upland forest" of the Hunsrück , the southwestern part of the Rhenish Massif in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate . The area belongs to the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park . Northeast of the Hochwald are the Idar Forest and Soonwald .
7-775: At the foot of the Rösterkopf rises the River Ruwer , a right tributary of the Moselle . The watershed between the Moselle ( Feller Bach and Ruwer ) and the Saar ( Wadrill / Prims ) runs through the Osburger Hochwald. The B 52 federal road and A 1 motorway , as well as several local, county and state roads, run through the forest. There are rescue points for the emergency services at various prominent places in
14-618: The Rauruwer , Little Geizenburg Mill, Pluwiger Hammer , Mill at Enterbach , Raulsmühle near Lonzenburg , Mill in Sommerau and another mill, Korlingen Mill, Herrgottsmühle ( Morscheid Mill), Studentenmühle , Lichtenthalsmühle , Schleifmühle at the Riveris mouth in Waldrach , Schmelzmühle Waldrach, Schneidemühle Riveris , Feilensmühle Riveris, Osburger Mühle on
21-593: The Riveris, Alte Dorfmühle Waldrach ( Scherfsmühle ), Ölmühle, Welschmühle Waldrach, Mills in Kasel , Karlsmühle Mertesdorf, Reisenmühle , Grünhäuser Mill, Hüstermühle Trier-Ruwer , Lambertysmühle , Felsenmühle , etc. In and by the Ruwer live numerous rare and protected species, such as the bullhead , dipperl , purple emperor butterfly and the kingfisher . Until the 1940s, salmons were still caught in
28-560: The Ruwer region: Alte Mühle Kell am See , Mühlscheider Hof in Kahlbach , Schillingen Mill Lehbach , Niederkell Mill, Unterste Mühle at Burkelsbach, Saw mill at Burkelsbach, Waldweiler Mill, Niederzerfer Mill on the Ruwer, Hauser Mill on the Ruwer, Mill at Großbach in Zerf , Kramesmühle Hentern , Hentern Mill, Lampaden Mill at Reiperter Bach , Benrath Mill at Klinkbach , Burg Heid Mill, Hinzenburg Mill, Heddert Mill on
35-654: The Ruwer was mentioned by the Roman poet, Ausonius , in his poem, Mosella as follows: "The Ruwer turns the corn-grinding millstones in giddy whirls and draws the shrieking saws through smooth marble blocks." Other tributaries of the Ruwer include the Apfelbach, Borgraben, Eitelsbach, Gusterather Waschbach, Kundelbach, Labach, Moertschelbach, Rimperterbach, Wenigbach, Wenzelbach and the Wilzenburger Waschbach. There are, or were, several water mills in
42-558: The forest. The Hohwäller dialect of the area is part of the Moselle Franconian dialect group . 49°40′N 6°49′E / 49.667°N 6.817°E / 49.667; 6.817 River Ruwer The Ruwer is a river in Germany with a length of 46 kilometres (29 mi). It is a right tributary of the Moselle . The valley of the Ruwer is a part of the Moselle wine-growing region near Trier in
49-538: The state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is famous for its Riesling wines, see Ruwer (region) , and, prior to 1 August 2007, the Moselle region used to be known as Moselle-Saar-Ruwer . In the lower Ruwer valley are the villages of Waldrach , Kasel , Mertesdorf , Eitelsbach and Ruwer . The Roman city of Trier ( Augusta Treverorum ) was supplied with water by the Roman Ruwer Aqueduct , which delivered up to 25,000 cubic metres per day. In A.D. 371,
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