Ediger-Eller

In the year 639 a.c. both villages Ediger and Eller were officially documented for the first time.

The preserved records indicate the status of royal villages under the reign of Franconian king Dagobert I from the famous Merowingian dynasty.

Eller, as the then larger of both villages, gained a good deal of reputation quite early. Due to the early Christianisation of the village, Eller was, during the Merowingian reign, the domicile of a monastery, sanctified to St. Fridolin.

During the Middle-Ages, the Church and every important noble dynasty were striving for ownership of vineyards at the Moselle.

It is hard to find any village at the Moselle which holds as many monastery sites and ecclesiastic monuments as Ediger-Eller. Find more info via this website.