Art nouveau - On the trail of the Belle Epoque

Architectural Wine Walk

The town of Traben-Trarbach was known around 1900 as one of the most important wine trading cities and was the second largest wine transshipment point in Europe right after the great French city of Bordeaux. The reason for this extraordinary position lay in the high demand for Riesling wines and exports, particularly to Great Britain and overseas, which led to the establishment of over 100 wine companies.
Enormous wealth and prosperity thus laid the foundation for a vibrant construction activity in the bourgeois style. The Berlin architect Bruno Möhring discovered his love for the Moselle landscape and unique buildings arose, such as the Art Nouveau hotel "Bellevue," the "Villa Huesgen," the "Villa Nollen" (formerly Villa Breucker), the "Brückentor," and the "Kellerei Julius Kayser" (now the Buddha Museum) as well as other buildings of the "Belle Epoque." In addition, in the second half of the 19th century, the capacities of the Traben-Trarbach wine cellars were expanded, and, unlike in any other Moselle municipality, large areas of the town center were equipped with multi-story vaults over 100 meters long.

Discover the architectural treasures of a former wine trading metropolis on our "Architectural Wine Walk" and dive into one of our underground cellars at the end.

Regular tours only in German!

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Holders of the Mollie Guestcard pay €11 instead of €15.

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