Archaeological excavations unearthed the ancient remains of this Roman mansion outside Perl and, after years of meticulous reconstruction, you can now wander around the complex of residential buildings, bathhouses, workshops, taverns and courtyards, and see what they would have looked like 2000 years ago. No, this hotel doesn't have a casino, but Casino 2000 (15-min drive) is nearby. What is there to do near Victor's Residenz-Hotel Schloss Berg? Recommended spots to visit include Saar-Hunsrueck Nature Park (1-min walk) and Schengen Castle (5.6 mi), along with Casino 2000 (6.4 mi) and Aussichtspunkt Cloef (8.7 mi). Victor's Residenz Schloss Berg is a 5 star hotel in Perl, Germany. It has a Mediterranean villa and a small Renaissance castle surrounded by the vineyards of Perl-Nennig, near the German borders with France and Luxembourg.

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Victor'S Residenz-Hotel Schloss Berg - Located just a few minutes' walk from Schloss Berg, Victor'S Residenz-Hotel Schloss Berg features dining options including the gastronomic restaurant. Completely refurbished in 2011, the venue opened its doors in 2001. The Schlossberg (German for 'Castle Hill') is a tree-covered hill of 456 metres (1,496 ft) located in the area of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau. It is directly to the east of Freiburg’s Old Town and belongs to the Black Forest. The main geological fault is at the western edge of the Schlossberg, towards the Upper Rhine Graben.

Perl is a municipality in Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany. In 2010 its population was 7,593.

Geography[edit]

Overview[edit]

It is situated on the right bank of the river Moselle, on the border with Luxembourg and France, approx. 25 km southeast of Luxembourg City. It is joined by a bridge across the Moselle River with Schengen in Luxembourg and by a second bridge between Nennig and Remich. A fine Romanmosaic has been found in the village Nennig, part of the municipality of Perl.

Subdivision[edit]

The municipality counts Perl and 13 villages (Ortsteil):^[2]

Administration[edit]

• 1989 - 2007 : Anton Hoffmann, CDU
• 2007 - 2015 : Bruno Schmitt, SPD
• 2015 - : Ralf Uhlenbruch, CDU

Education[edit]

The municipality Perl can claim itself since more than 250 years as a school place. Oldest records about school teaching and school buildings date back to the year 1743. The Schengen Lyzeum Perl is the first cross-border grammar school which offers the German and Luxembourg diploma.

Day Care Centres[edit]

• Dayc Care St. Franziskus Besch
• Day Care Center St. Martin Nennig
• Day Care Center St. Quirinus Perl
• Day Care Center Leukbachtal Oberleuken

Primary school[edit]

• Primary school Dreiländereck Perl

Grammar school[edit]

• German-Luxembourgish Schengen-Lyzeum Perl

Main sights[edit]

Roman mosaic floor[edit]

The Roman mosaic in Nennig with a size of 160m², is the largest mosaic north of the Alps. It was rebuilt in 1874 and restored in 1960. The mosaic is with its 15.65 m x 10.30 m large, ornamental decorated surface a gem and exceeds all mosaics, which were found in the Moselle region in Roman palaces and mansions so far.

Roman Villa Borg[edit]

The Roman Villa Borg was reconstructed faithfully with lobbies, public baths, gardens and Roman tavern. In Borg they cook after original recipes of the Roman gourmet Apicius. In addition there is still another set of showcases in which presented the finds from the Roman and Celtic time.

Palace von Nell and parc von Nell[edit]

In 1733 the hereditary tenant of the Trier Cathedral Chapter constructed a stately house (palace), which changed later into the possession of the family from Nell. The residential building is a nine-axle, two-storey building with a front length from 24.30 m and a high kerb roof. Opposite the palace is a garden portal with double-barreled outside staircase that leads in the 'Parc of Nell', which was transformed in the context of the project 'Gärten ohne Grenzen' to the baroque garden.

Besch military cemetery[edit]

The military cemetery commemorates the fallen of the Second World War. Three large stone crosses stand atop a blown up bunker,. The cemetery is the last resting place of 1279 German dead and also 950 war victims of other nations.

Schloss Berg[edit]

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Schloss Berg in Nennig actually consists of two castles, the lower and the upper castle. The lower castle is in private property and the upper castle was rebuilt later to the Renaissance-Schloss. Today it is a luxury hotel, a gourmet restaurant and a modern casino.

Personalities[edit]

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Born in Perl[edit]

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• Karl Eduard Heusner (1843-1891), Vice Admiral
• Albert Grégoire (1865-1949), Member of the Reichstag
• Nikolaus Simmer (1902-1986), politician (NSDAP) and mayor of Koblenz (1940-1945)
• Aloysius Winter (1931-2011), professor of theology
• Karl Peter Fixemer (born 1931), Entrepreneur
• Rudolf Heinz (born 1937), philosopher, psychoanalyst and musicologist
• Edmund Kütten (born 1948), politician, member of parliament (since 2004)

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Connected to Perl[edit]

• Christian Bau (born 1971), cook

References[edit]

1. ^'Saarland.de – Amtliche Einwohnerzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2019'(PDF). Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes (in German). July 2020.
2. ^(in German)Municipal statistics at www.perl.de

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