Traben-Trarbach on the Middle Moselle is a town in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde and a state-recognized climatic spa (Luftkurort). The city lies in the so-called "Valley of Dawn".
Traben on the Moselle
Aacher Hof, plaque inscription: "Urkundlich 830 erwähnt als Lehen an das Aachener Marienstift durch Ludwig den Frommen." (see main text)
The town of Trarbach on the Moselle (in the foreground) with the Grevenburg and Traben (in the background). Aquatint by Karl Bodmer about 1831.
View of Trarbach on the Moselle's right bank
The Moselle is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A small part of Belgium is in its basin as it includes the Sauer and the Our.
Typical landscape of Moselle vineyards near Schweich
The Moselle at Pont-à-Mousson, France
The Moselle near Cochem, Germany
Beilstein on the Moselle