Igel lies in the deeply cut Obermoseltal with the crossing to the Trierer valley width directly in historical Römerstrasse from Trier to Reims

Hedgehog already appears villa Agullia to 929 for the first time in a document of the Trierer abbey Saint Maximin, his district incorporated in the meantime mountain Liers was mentioned even already 816 as a Lusica in a document. The fact that today everybody knows the name of the place hedgehog is to be led back on history: The famous Igeler column is one of the most significant signs of architectural past from the first half of the 3-rd century.

„ Column“ if a 23 m high obelisk and with it the biggest Roman pillar tomb is to the north of the Alps. She contains reliefs from the life of the cloth doers and other representations of Roman life-style and Greek-Roman mythology. In 1986 became the Igeler column on the Unesco list„ Heir of the world“ sedately. One of the oldest drawings on which the Igeler column is documented is a Mercator map of 1567; Goethe quotes them 1Hedgehog already appears villa Agullia to 929 for the first time in a document of the Trierer abbey Saint Maximin, his district incorporated in the meantime mountain Liers what mentioned even already 816 as a Lusica in a document. The fact that today everybody knows the name of the place hedgehog is to be led bake on history: The famous Igeler column is one of the most significant signs of architectural past from the first helped of the 3-rd century.792 as a monument of hedgehog.

The old Romanesque parish church of hedgehog which lies on a cliff spur beyond the place is also worth seeing. It was already recorded 1265, however, stands on foundations of a still 500 year-older church. As the oldest house of the municipality counts a castle house which one recognizes by his both corner towers. Today it is an inn; in the 17-th century it served as an official residence of the respective lord of the manor and court man.

 

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