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Ruwer is a Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit unique to the German Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate. There are 163 Verbandsgemeinden, which are grouped into the 24 districts and subdivided into nearly 2200 Ortsgemeinden.Most of the Verbandsgemeinden were established in 1969. Formerly the name of...

(collective municipality
Municipality
A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. A municipality is typically governed by a mayor and a city council or municipal council.The notion of municipality...

) with 18,014 inhabitants (Dez. 2008) on the river Ruwer
Ruwer River
The Ruwer is a river in Germany with a length of 46 kilometres, a right tributary of the Moselle River. The valley of the Ruwer is a part of the wine-growing region Mosel near Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate...

 near Trier
Trier
Trier is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC. Trier is not the only city claiming to be Germany's oldest, but it is the only one that bases this assertion on having the longest history as a city, as opposed to a mere...

 in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 federal states of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz....

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...

. It is famous for the wine from the wine-growing region Mosel, which previously was called Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, and which was founded by the Romans
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea, it became one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

. The administrative seat (formerly located in Ruwer, which was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the city Trier) is located in Waldrach
Waldrach
Waldrach is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near Trier.-External links:* *...

 since November 2005
November 2005
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Ruwer consists of the following 20 Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):
Name Area
(km²)
1563
(Fireplaces)
1684
(Fireplaces)
1818
(Population)
2000
(Population)
2008
(Population)
Bonerath
Bonerath
Bonerath is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....

4.25 6 6 151 256 258
Farschweiler
Farschweiler
Farschweiler is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....

7.45 13 8 197 760 758
Gusterath
Gusterath
Gusterath is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....

4.41 5 9 141 2,015 1,863
Gutweiler
Gutweiler
Gutweiler is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....

2.51 7 7 100 739 632
Herl
Herl
Herl is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....

2.83 5 7 140 254 258
Hinzenburg
Hinzenburg
Hinzenburg is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....

2.87 3 3 82 164 141
Holzerath
Holzerath
Holzerath is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....

6.76 6 5 186 498 444
Kasel
4.53 25 21 255 1,347 1,228
Korlingen
Korlingen
Korlingen is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....

2.08 9 6 97 890 794
Lorscheid
Lorscheid
Lorscheid is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....

5.09 11 12 187 621 611
Mertesdorf
Mertesdorf
Mertesdorf is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near Trier. Grünhaus is a part of Mertesdorf.-External links:*...

6.47 20 14 287 1,762 1,671
Morscheid
Morscheid
Morscheid is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.das schönste dorf der welt...

5.48 17 18 227 821 937
Ollmuth
Ollmuth
Ollmuth is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-External links:*...

3.93 4 4 91 174 163
Osburg
Osburg
Osburg is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near Trier.-External links:* *...

33.92 23 17 515 1,943 2,387
Pluwig
Pluwig
Pluwig is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....

4.87 9 9 250 1,231 1,408
Riveris
Riveris
Riveris is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The village lies in the valley of the river Riveris....

2.11 4 4 133 364 431
Schöndorf
Schöndorf
Schöndorf may refer to the following places in Germany:*Schöndorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, in the Trier-Saarburg district, Rhineland-Palatinate*Schöndorf, Thuringia, in the Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thuringia*a part of Waldfeucht, North Rhine-Westphalia...

10.03 12 12 296 831 783
Sommerau
Sommerau
Sommerau is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....

1.04 1 1 29 74 78
Thomm
Thomm
Thomm is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near Trier on the Moselle River.The Fell Exhibition Slate Mine is adjacent to Thomm.-External links:* *...

4.49 16 12 327 1,041 1,096
Waldrach
Waldrach
Waldrach is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near Trier.-External links:* *...

12.45 53 41 533 2,179 2,044
Σ Ruwer (Verbandsgemeinde)
127.57 249 216 4,224 17,964 17,985


The Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer is a part of the district
Trier-Saarburg
Trier-Saarburg
Trier-Saarburg is a district in the west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bitburg-Prüm, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Birkenfeld, Sankt Wendel , and Merzig-Wadern . To the west it borders Luxembourg...

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