Not only kings and emperors, even wealthy wine merchant tended and tend to create their death a monument for posterity. This also applies to the said Roman wine merchants, which could be built in 220 AD at the tomb, which is now considered the "Neumagener wine vessel known. In 1878 the tomb of the merchant in Neumagen-Dhron was found. It was part of the foundation of a fort system. The reconstruction of the plant showed that this tomb was originally from the representation of two wine vessels. Apparently the deceased wanted to document his professional success.
revealed the remains of the wine vessel some interesting information from the time and Of life. The boat was operated by six oarsmen and two other men, the figure shows a total of 22 oars. The type of barrels used at that time in the Moselle region. This suggests that shipped with them and possibly domestic goods exported was, therefore, Mosel wine. That this was a regionally employed boat shows, the fact that it was not rowed and sailed. Because of this discovery was
and certain other excavations, the age dated relatively accurately, so that the community has Neumagen-Dhron proudly chosen to the "oldest wine village in Germany."
You can visit the original stone still, he is in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Trier. At the Peter Chapel in Neumagen-Dhrom was an authentic cast and erected in the Knauf Museum in Iphofen there is such a specimen.
came a few years ago the students of the Chamber of Crafts Trier on the idea to construct a replica made of wood, which should of course be in working order and operate on the Moselle. This was achieved, giving rise to a 18 meters long, equipped with 22 rowing vessel is fully roadworthy. Of course, today was the due tribute, and the ship is also equipped with a motor. The ship was the Stella name Noviomagi "," The Star of Neumagen "named and has its home port in Neumagen-Dhron. One can also charter Noviomagi Stella and thus the entire Mosel ride.
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