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Calmont

World-famous single vineyard between the two municipalities of Bremm and Eller (Cochem Castle area) in the German Moselle wine-growing region. Excavations on the Calmont Ridge prove that viticulture was already practised here by the Romans at the turn of the century. A Roman mountain sanctuary from the second century was located on the mountain. From 2005 onwards, extensive archaeological excavations were carried out; the Gallo-Roman temple was reconstructed and rebuilt. The Roman poet Venantius Fortunatus (530-610) described the Calmont in a poem during a Moselle boat trip around 588. Perhaps the poet Ausonius (310-395) also knew of this vineyard. The name goes back either to the Latin "calvus mons" (bare mountain, rock) or "calidus mons" (hot mountain), or to the Celtic "kal" (hard = Felsenberg). Other Bremmer single vineyards are Abtei Klosterstuben, Calmont, Frauenberg, Laurentiusberg and Schlemmertröpfchen.

Gemeinde Bremm mit Calmont

Calmont summit

The Ellerbach flows around the mountain range and then flows into the Moselle to the south-east of the mountain range. The 380.6-metre-high Calmont peak lies just 290 metres above the Moselle. Just under a kilometre southwest of the Calmont peak, at 365 metres above sea level, is a viewing plateau with a magnificent panoramic view. Here stands the "Memorial of the War Generation", a 12-metre-high summit cross erected around 1970. The site, which is oriented from southwest to southeast, is one of the steepest vineyards in the world, with a slope of up to 68°. The vineyards cover a total of 33 hectares. The rows of v ines have been painstakingly laid out over the centuries in terraces set with dry stone walls. The steepest part of this vineyard is called "Bremmer Todesangst".

Monorackbahn im Calmont

Farming

The winegrowers need mountaineering skills for the work and must be free from vertigo. The cultivation is supported or made possible at all by monorack rail ways (single-rail rack railways). These serve as a means of transport for stakes, fertiliser and the grapes during harvesting, or simply as a means of ascent for the winegrowers. Mainly Riesling is cultivated here. In 2001, with the active help of committed citizens, the Calmont Climbing Path was built. The narrow footpath with a length of about three kilometres was secured and made accessible with six ladders, about 100 metres of safety ropes, 22 step bars and 16 step pins. It runs through an extraordinary landscape with rare flora and fauna. The wineries Amlinger & Sohn, Boendgen, Franzen Michael, Franzen Reinhold, Laurentiushof, Leitzgen Günter, Treis Johannes and Vinitorum Quaterni, for example, have shares in the site.

Calmont - Steilhang

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