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[AHR] With only about 1,300 acres planted, Ahr is the fourth smallest of the thirteen German anbaugebiete (quality-wine regions). It's located on the river Ahr, a tributary of the Rhine, just south of the city of Bonn in western Germany. Winemaking in the Ahr region goes back to Roman times, and the region claims Germany's first cooperative cellar, which local growers established in 1868. Even though it is located the farthest north of all the Anbaugebiete, over 70 percent of its vineyards are planted with red varieties, which is unusual because of the cooler climate. The main varieties here are Spätburgunder (pinot noir) and portugieser and the red wines are usually pale and lightly flavored. The main white varieties are riesling and müller-thurgau. Even though Ahr's white wines are usually better than the reds, they're not as good as those made from the same varieties in some of the southern regions. Most of the wines are consumed locally, and few are exported. Ahr has one bereich Walporzheim/Ahrtal; one grosslage Klosterberg; and forty-three einzellagen. The principal wine-producing towns are Ahrweiler and Bad Neuenahr (the region's capital).
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For other uses, see Ahr (disambiguation).
| Ahr | |
| River | |
 In the valley of the Ahr
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| Name origin: Old High German aha ("water") | |
| Country | Germany |
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| Source | |
| - location | Blankenheim, Northern Eifel, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany |
| - elevation | 470 m (1,542 ft) |
| - coordinates | 50°26′17″N 7°16′37″E / 50.43806°N 7.27694°E |
| Mouth | Rhine |
| - location | Remagen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| - elevation | 58 m (190 ft) |
| - coordinates | 50°33′34″N 7°16′37″E / 50.55944°N 7.27694°E |
| Length | 89 km (55 mi) |
| Basin | 900 km2 (347 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 8.9 m3/s (314 cu ft/s) |
 The Ahr River
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| Wikimedia Commons: Ahr | |
Ahr is a river in Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine. Its source is at an elevation of approximately 470 metres above sea level in Blankenheim in the Eifel, in the cellar of a timber-frame house near the castle of Blankenheim. After 18 kilometres it crosses from North Rhine-Westphalia into Rhineland-Palatinate.
The Ahr flows through the towns of Schuld, Altenahr and Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Between Remagen and Sinzig (south of Bonn), at about 50 m above sea level, it flows into the Rhine. The length is roughly 89 km, of which 68 km is within Rhineland-Palatinate. The Ahr has a gradient of 0.4% in its lower course, and 0.4-0.8% in its upper course.
The Ahr and its tributaries are a main drainage system of the eastern Eifel. The watershed is approximately 900 km². Tributaries of the Ahr are (from the mouth to the source): Harbach (Ahr), Hellenbach, Bachemer Bach, Leimersdorfer Bach, Liersbach, Vischelbach, Sahrbach, Kesselinger Bach, Armuthsbach, Dreisbach (brook), Eichenbach, Adenauer Bach, Trierbach and Ahbach.
There were isolated settlements in the Ahr valley beginning at the latest in Roman times, evidenced by the Roman villa near Ahrweiler. Owing to their isolated location, the upper and middle parts of the course were sparsely populated.
That changed from the mid-19th century. The development of the settlements, the traffic routes and the agricultural areas in the Ahr valley led to the fact that the riverbed was fixed.
The Ahr valley makes up the Ahr wine region, which is small but noted for its red wines made from the Pinot noir variety.
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- AhrtalGuide.com Pictures of this region (German)
- Ahr 2000 (German)
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