whole complex Rathausstraße 16 – solid building, crow-stepped gable at the back, from 1418, converted 1802 Rathausstraße 53 – building with mansard roof, 18th century At Schulstraße 30 – basalt wayside cross from 1749 Regular events Bruttiger Winzerfest (“Bruttig Winemakers’ Festival”), on the second weekend in August Fankeler Weinfest (“Fankel Wine Festival”), on the second weekend in July Bruttiger Kirmes (“Bruttig Kermis”), on the first Sunday after 20 July Fankeler Kirmes (“Fankel Kermis”), on the first Sunday after 15 August Pfingstfest (“Whitsun Festival”) FZM GIB GAS tournament, always three weeks after Whitsun Weingelage (“Wine Revelry”) Economy and infrastructure Winegrowing and tourism characterize the village and belong inseparably together. In the constituent community of Bruttig, on the second weekend in August each year, the great Winemakers’ Festival is held. Well known steep-slope vineyards are Pfarrgarten, Götterlay, Rathausberg, Layenberg and Rosenberg. Raised here mainly is Riesling, although there are also Elbling and various other grape varieties, including some red. In Fankel is found, besides the Fankel Weir, also the RWE Power AG main control centre, from which all hydroelectric stations at weirs on the German section of the Moselle are controlled. Famous people Sons and daughters of the town Petrus Mosellanus (birth name: Peter Schade), b. 1493 in Bruttig, d. 19 April 1524 in Leipzig; Moselle humanist, philologist, theologist and church teacher Further reading Heimes, Ernst, Ich habe immer nur den Zaun gesehen. Suche nach dem KZ-Außenlager Cochem, Koblenz: Fölbach, 4. Aufl. 1999, Schommers, Reinhold, Gemeinde Bruttig-Fankel an der Mosel. - Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz e.V. Kunststättenheft Nr. 371, Köln: Verlag des Rheinischen Vereins für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz 1. Aufl. 1992, References External links Municipality’s official webpage Cochem-Zell