Zellertal is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany . The villages of Zell [ de ] , Harxheim and Niefernheim form Zellertal.
9-621: Zellertal is in Zellertal region , which in turn is part of the Palatinate wine region and borders on the Rhenish Hesse wine region. The local economy is based on viticulture and tourism related to viticulture. See Rhineland-Palatinate for a further description of the local viticulture. This Donnersbergkreis location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Zellertal region The Zellertal
18-546: Is a valley region in the east of the North Palatine Uplands in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate . Its western part belongs to Palatine Donnersbergkreis , its eastern part to Rhenish Hessian Alzey-Worms . The valley is named after the old municipality of Zell , which became part of the new Zellertal municipality in 1976. The Zellertal is a trough-shaped valley with relatively gently sides and
27-503: Is bounded in the north and south by two chains of low hills that are under 300 m. The distance between the two hill ridges is 2 to 3 kilometres. In between, the valley stretches from west to east, sheltered from north winds. Flowing through the valley in this direction is the Pfrimm , a left ban tributary of the Rhine which is just under 43 kilometres long. The exit to
36-564: The A ;6 and is therefore an important connection between the Rhine/Main and the Saar areas. It was constructed during the 1980/90s and finished in 2004 (20 years ago) ( 2004 ) : last section Sembach to Kaiserslautern. Historically an uninterrupted Autobahn, one final 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) section was added between Sembach and Kaiserslautern at the current site of
45-532: The beginning of May to the end of October the Zeller Valley Railway runs from Monsheim via Langmeil to Kaiserslautern . Bundesautobahn 63 Bundesautobahn 63 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 63 , short form Autobahn 63 , abbreviated as BAB 63 or A 63 ) is an autobahn in southwestern Germany . It connects the Mainz area to Kaiserslautern and
54-567: The side valley of the Leiselsbach , a left bank tributary of the Pfrimm. The Zellertal is accessed by the B 47 ( Worms –Marnheim), which runs between the A 63 ( Kaiserslautern – Mainz ) in the west and the B 271 ( Neustadt an der Weinstraße – Alzey ) in the east. On the western edge of Wachenheim, the B ;47 has been extended to the west as a ring road . On Sundays and holidays from
63-600: The valley in the east lies at a height of about 135 m in Rhenish Hesse in the collective municipality of Monsheim , to which belong the first 3 valley parishes of Monsheim , Wachenheim and Mölsheim as we travel upriver. To the west, on the Palatine side, follow the next three parishes of Zellertal ( Niefernheim , Zell and Harxheim ) and the parishes of Einselthum , Albisheim and Marnheim . The Zellertal ends here after 12 km at 185 m. The symbol of
72-484: The valley is the 15-metre-high Zellertal Memorial which can be seen from a long way off. The Expressionist New Gothic monument was built in 1928 as a war memorial in honour of the fallen of the First World War . It is located on an exposed viewing point near the K 64 which runs along the hillside between Zell and Mölsheim. The Baroque pilgrimage church of Zell is dedicated to Philip of Zell , who
81-657: Was elevated to the sainthood in the Bishopric of Speyer . Other sights are described in the individual village articles. The Zellertal is the northern end of the Palatine wine region ; while the Rhenish Hesse wine area begins at the eastern end of the valley. The Zellertal wine region covers a larger area that the valley itself, has 15 vineyards with a lagen with a vine area of 550 hectares. The wine region includes other wine-growing municipalities such as Bischheim , Rittersheim and Gauersheim , which are in
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