also lord of the court in Müden. The Bishop’s Estate and the Carthusian Estate of Trier held lands and rights in Müden. The Eltz lion refers to the extensive holdings in Müden of the Lords of Eltz. They owned wineries, estates and one tithing estate. The gold bunch of grapes on a green field refers to winegrowing’s 2000-year history in Müden. From a donation document from Childebert II’s time (575-595), it is apparent that the church at Verdun drew its sacramental wine from Müden. In the Middle Ages, many ecclesiastical and secular lords had extensive vineyard holdings here. The fleur-de-lis appears in a seal of the Karden Collegiate Foundation from the 13th century. Beginning in 1178, the Foundation drew tithes from Müden. It was also the biggest landholder. Town partnerships Müden fosters partnerships with the following places: Müden, Gifhorn district, Lower Saxony Müden, Celle district, Lower Saxony Culture and sightseeing Buildings The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: Müden (main centre) Saint Stephen’s Catholic Church (Kirche St. Stephan), Kirchstraße 2 – Romanesque “diamond tower”, about 1200, quire Late Gothic, vaulted, nave 1923; whole complex with graveyard; here: cross, 1939; wayside cross, marked 1708; 24 grave crosses, 17th and 18th centuries; seven cross fragments, 18th and 19th centuries; warriors’ memorial; 18 grave crosses, 18th century; cross, marked 1678; two grave crosses; five crosses, among them some from 1573, 1582 and the 18th century; wayside cross, marked 1722 Bachstraße 4 – door, early 19th century Burg-Eltz-Straße 2, Hauptstraße 21 – former winery of the Counts of Eltz; timber-frame house, partly solid, balloon frame, 16th century Hauptstraße 12 – estate with enclosed courtyard; three timber-frame houses, partly solid, marked 1638, 1664 (timber framing from the 16th century), 1774 Hauptstraße 22/24 – two three-floor timber-frame houses, partly solid, no. 22 dendrochronologically dated to 1452/1453, no. 24 about 1490 Hauptstraße 27 – timber-frame house, partly solid, marked 1671, possibly older Hauptstraße 28 – timber-frame house, partly solid, marked 1744 Hauptstraße 37 – basalt wayside cross, marked 1705 Hauptstraße 43 – Baroque relief, late 17th century Hauptstraße 44 – timber-frame house, partly solid, marked 1614 and 1722; addition at the back, 17th century Hauptstraße 51 – Baroque relief, marked 1671, in brick stele, 19th century Hauptstraße/corner of Hochkreuz – basalt wayside cross, 1699 Moselstraße 1 – Halfenhaus (house for a tenant who owed the landlord half his earnings); timber-frame building,