Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler is a spa town in the German Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as the capital of the Ahrweiler district. The A61 motorway connects the town with cities like Cologne and Mainz. Formed by the merging of the towns of Bad Neuenahr and Ahrweiler in 1969, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler consists of 11 such districts.
Ahr is a river in Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine. Its source is at an elevation of approximately 470 metres (1,540 ft) above sea level in Blankenheim in the Eifel, in the cellar of a timber-frame house near the castle of Blankenheim. After 18 kilometres (11 mi) it crosses from North Rhine-Westphalia into Rhineland-Palatinate.
Antweiler is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Dankerath is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Fuchshofen is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Galenberg is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Hönningen is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Insul is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Leimbach (help·info) is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Lind is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mayschoß is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Müllenbach is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Müsch is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Niederdürenbach is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Niederzissen is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Spessart is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Wershofen is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The Ahr Valley Railway, Remagen–Ahrbrück, is currently a 29 km-long, partly single-track and non-electrified branch line, which runs through the Ahr valley from Remagen via Ahrweiler and Dernau to Ahrbrück in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is served by Regionalbahn services on lines RB 30 and RB 39.
Julia Bertram from Dernau in the German wine region of Ahr was crowned as the 64th German Wine Queen on 29 Sep 2012 in the town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße as the successor to Annika Strebel from the Rheinhessen wine region. The German Wine Princesses during her twelve-month reign were Natalie Henninger from Baden and Anna Hochdörffer from the Palatinate.
The Ahr valley is named after the Ahr, a left tributary of the Rhine in Germany. It begins at the Ahr spring (Ahrquelle) in Blankenheim in the county of Euskirchen and runs generally eastwards. At its southernmost point it enters the county of Ahrweiler, and hence the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Running through the collective municipality of Adenau the valley bends northeast at its confluence with the Adenauer Bach and reaches the collective municipality of Altenahr, from where it resumes its characteristic west to east course, albeit interrupted by meanders. Here begins the section that is known as the Ahr valley (Ahrtal) in a touristic sense. Here it is characterized by vineyards on the south-facing slopes and a picturesque rocky landscape, carved out by the river creating a 300 metre deep gorge in the Ahr Hills. In the next stage the Ahr reaches the area of the county town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, before finally discharging into the Rhine south of Remagen in the borough of Sinzig.
