Wellnesshotel Zum Kurfürsten

_Moselle Romance

Dear Guest,

How exciting - you are interested in spending a holiday or weekend in our romantic Moselle wine city! Bernkastel-Kues, the “Pearl of the Central Moselle”, is an all year round attractive destination for wine lovers and holiday makers looking for something special, with a dash of romanticism, and for Moselle travelers. And of course, with its many lovely shops and boutiques in timber framed houses from the Middle Ages, it is a special service city.

An example of the wonderful architecture is the historical Bernkasteler market place, built and imbued with the spirit of self-assured, enterprising, yes bold and proud citizens of the Middle Ages, radiating in an impressive way, the splendor and warmth of its 700-year history.

We look forward to welcoming you!

The team of the Hotel Zum Kurfürsten will gladly assist in the various arrangements on offer, for example a boat trip on the Moselle, a trip to Landshut Castle, the Panorama city rail, bus excursions to popular and well-known travel destinations, a visit to a wine cellar with wine tasting, a visit to the St.-Nikolaus Hospital (Cusanus monastery), the Moselle wine museum and the adjoining Vinothek, the house where Nikolaus von Kues was born, the local history museum “Graacher Tor”, the academy for senior citizens, the Machern monastery, guided tours of the city and the events of the Moselle festival weeks and much more; also refer to our excursion ideas.

In the midst of world-renowned vineyards, our guests enjoy a restful stay.

History of the most important feature in Bernkastel-Kues.
That would be, for example, the “Bernkasteler Doctor” feature, about which history writes as follows:
Archbishop Boemund 11 of Trier lay dying in his mountain castle above Bernkastel.
Many doctors tried to heal the old master yet no-one could save him.

Boemund had already taken quantities of tea and herbal drinks as well as bitter medicine; it was in vain.
Then he let it be known that whoever could ban his tiresome fever should come to help him. He would be sure to receive a large reward.
At the same time, Gerhard Vogt von Hunolstein (1359 – 1372), an ageing knight, lived in his castle in Hunsrück. It was said that he was a brave man who defied illness.

In spite of his advanced age he was strong, his joints were supple and a glow in his face suggested exceptionally good health.
Whenever this knight felt weakness in his old bones, or when an illness approached, a particular drink, the Bernkasteler wine which he had personally cultivated, came to the rescue.

He took a hearty gulp of this, because that was important.
When the knight heard of Boemud’s illness he contemplated - and remembered his ever reliable cure.
He journeyed straight to the sick man, taking along a vat of the best of the old wine.

Boemund was startled when he saw the vat, thinking it would again be some bitter medicine.

But the knight laughed, took the roundish vat from his shoulder and decanted this wonderful medicine into Boemund’s beaker. Whilst pouring the wine, it exuded a spicy aroma that spread throughout the room. 

Boemund then eagerly took the beaker and emptied it to the last, without objecting.

The wonderful treatment immediately took effect and he was ever grateful to the knight.

His words referring to his recovery were as follows:

“My dear Sir von Hunolstein, your health-giving grape blood is the best doctor; therefore wine and mountain shall be named “Doctor” for all times.

Thus the name of this feature came about.

We wish you an eventful and recuperative vacation in Bernkastel-Kues, the international city of the vine and the wine.
You will find further information about Bernkastel-Kues on the official website of the city http://www.bernkastel-kues.de