Mettlach Travel Guide

 christine.j Says:  The main church of Mettlach is St Luitwinus. It is famous for many mosaics, made out of - guess what - ceramic pieces. There are mosaics both outside and inside the church.The first mosiac I saw just after entering was that of the zodiac signs, surprising for a Catholic... 

 christine.j Says:  Right next to the puzzles in the old abbey park there is my favourite statue in Mettlach: The Spirit of the Earth - Erdgeist, thought up and created by the artist André Heller. It is a huge statue, with a human body and a bird's head, 12 meter tall, made of wires covered... 

 christine.j Says:  It's the biggest ceramic puzzle in the world, called Living Planet, put up on large boards and it's right in the centre of the park.It shows the continents and their wildlife. There are black lines criss-crossing the continents and first I thought it was some kind of... 

 christine.j Says:  The park just behind the old abbey is open to the public. Children were playing football, people were walking their dogs, feeding the ducks, all this directly next to the old tower, the Alte Turm, which is the oldest Christian building in the Saarland, being about 1000 years... 

 christine.j Says:  Villeroy & Boch is the main employer in the town. In the old abbey building there is now a very interesting museum, the Keravision, which tells you a lot about ceramics, styles of dishes, plates, kitchen and dining room fashion etc. Regularly there are hands-on sessions for... 

 himalia11 Says:  The Benedictines abbey was already founded end of the 7th centure by Liutwin, however the current building was only built in the 18th century. It's located next to the Saar river and has lenght of 112 meters. You would not expect that there's a factory in this building today... 

 sargentjeff Says:  For a fraction of what you'd pay in a typical retailer you can purchase a beautiful set of dishes for your home. I'm talking about fine bone china plates for 5 euro each. These dishes normally sell for at least 25 euro at retail stores, but the outlets here are quite a find.... 

 himalia11 Says:  When I first saw a photo of this church I though that it looks pretty much like the cathedral in my birthplace Limburg. It's indeed having some similarities but it's much younger, dating from around 1900. Also inside it's completely different, but very nice. With all its... 

 himalia11 Says:  Saint Lutwinus/ Liutwin is the founder of the abbey of Mettlach and you find a statue of him near the market place. Liutwin did found the abbey in 690 and later became bishop of Trier. He died 718 in Reims was supposed to be buried in Trier. However according to legends it... 

 himalia11 Says:  Behind the building of the old abbey is a park with a pond and the Old Tower. The Old Tower is not only a tower, it's the remainder of a church that was built between 987 and 994. It's the oldest sacred building in the Saarland. The church was dedicated to St Mary and was... 

 himalia11 Says:  Near Mettlach you find the large loop of the Saar river. You can get a great view on this loop from the Cloef lookout point next to the village Orscholz & its Cloef-Atrium conference centre. The view is impressive, and I was not surprised that there very many other people... 

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 MATIM Says:  It was raining and the sun was shinning so a beautiful rainbow appear in front of our eyes.Off course I tried to make a picture of it..........hmm not that good is it? 

 MATIM Says:  You have to see the turn in the river Saar, it is beautiful.The best panorama at the river you have from the point "Cloef"near Orscholz 

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