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italic=no is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the italic=no district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a state-recognized tourism community, and it was the seat of the former cat=no of cat=no. Its situation and amenities make it a lower-order centre.
Geography
Location
italic=no lies roughly 15 km south of italic=no and 20 km northwest of Trier. The municipality is made up of the three centres of italic=no, italic=no, and italic=no. The river italic=no is met by the italic=no in the outlying centre of italic=no, whereafter it empties into the Moselle at italic=no. Over on the other side of the river from italic=no, the river italic=no also empties into the Moselle.History
italic=no is one of a series of places that claim the title "Germany's Oldest Winemaking Centre". The winemaking village of italic=no was founded by the Romans some 2,000 years ago as a waystation on the road from Trier to Koblenz along the Moselle; its Latin name was italic=no. It is the place where the italic=no Wine Ship, a ship carved out of stone now in the Rhenish State Museum in Trier, was unearthed. A copy of the Wine Ship can be seen in the village centre. In the Early Middle Ages, italic=no is believed to have been the location of the episcopal italic=no. The two places also later belonged to the Archbishopric of Trier. Beginning in 1794, italic=no and italic=no lay under French rule. In 1815 they were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, they have been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.Until municipal administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate in 1969, both centres belonged to the italic=no district, whose seat was in italic=no. Today's municipality was newly formed out of the older municipalities of italic=no and italic=no on 7 June 1969.
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:
| SPD | CDU | Kohl | FBL | Total | |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 seats |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 seats |
| 1999 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 seats |
Mayor
The mayor is Dirk Doppelhamer.Coat of arms
In 1951, arms were approved for both italic=no and italic=no. italic=no's arms might have been described thus: Per pale argent a cross gules and barry of thirteen of the first and azure, that is to say, with a red cross on a silver background on the dexter side and thirteen horizontal stripes alternating between silver and blue on the sinister side. italic=no's arms might have been described thus: Per pale argent a cross gules and gules a bend argent charged with three roses Or barbed vert, that is to say, with the same dexter side as italic=no's arms, but with the sinister side showing a red field with a silver slanted stripe with three golden roses with green sepals running along it.In 1967, the arms were changed in connection with the merger of the two municipalities. The resulting escutcheon might be described thus: Barry of eleven argent and azure the italic=no Wine Ship Or, in a chief of the first a cross gules charged with three roses in fess of the third.
The red cross stands for italic=no's and italic=no's longtime allegiance to the Electorate of Trier, while the three golden roses stand for Tholey Abbey, a Benedictine monastery that once owned a winegrowing estate in italic=no. The blue and silver stripes stand for the old feudal lords of italic=no, and the Wine Ship for the municipality's Roman beginnings.
Culture and sightseeing
Sightseeing
One point of interest is the Archaeological Loop, on which guided tours are also regularly offered. In the centre of italic=no is found a cast of the Roman Wine Ship right next to the old Saint Peter's Chapel and the Ausonius Garden. Something about the municipality's earlier history can also be learnt at the local history museum.Likewise worth seeing are the old Gothic church in italic=no and the nearby cathedral "free estate".
Farther up the Moselle is found the new cycle path which leads straight to the italic=no vineyard with its archway of roses and its Märtyrerkapelle.
A working replica of the italic=no Wine Ship can be chartered.
Regular events
- Weinstraßenfest in italic=no
- Weinstraßenfest Metschert in italic=no
- Traditional Easter egg shoot by the shooting club
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- Fire brigade's Father's Day festival
- Fire brigade's summer festival
- Angling club's fish baking festival
- Christmas concert by the Winzerkapelle in italic=no
Vineyards
italic=no is to a considerable extent characterized by winegrowing, and with 247 ha of planted vineyard area is the biggest winegrowing centre on the Moselle after Piesport, Zell, Leiwen, and Konz. Traditionally, the winegrowers' mainstay has been Riesling. Moreover, winegrowing forms the basis for tourism, which is likewise an important part of the economy.Well known italic=no vineyards are:
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Archaeological finds in
At digs and new building works in italic=no, many old monuments have been found in the old castrum's foundations that were used for fortification. Some of the more important finds are listed here:- Neumagen Wine Ship
- Roman steersman
- Grapevine relief
- Wine transport
- Roman wine ship with merry steersman
- Great mealtime gable
- Amphora pyramid
- Cupbearer
- Banquet and drinking scene
- Banquet scene
- Rent payment
- Mars figure
- Albinus Asper's and his wife Secundia Restituta's grave marker
- "Parental" columns
- School relief
- "Negotiator" column
- Hairdressing scene
Economy and infrastructure
Public institutions
- St. Helena Grundschule
- Ausonius Hauptschule
- Friedrich Spee Realschule
- italic=no Verbandsgemeinde administration
- Tourist information
- Fire station