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Eltville

Eltville am Rhein (German pronunciation: [ˈɛltvɪlə ʔam ˈʁaɪn]; from Alta Villa, Latin for "high estate, high town", corrupted to Eldeville, Elfeld and later Eltville [ˈɛltvɪlə] ) is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. It lies on the German Timber-Frame Road (Fachwerkstraße). Eltville is the largest town in the Rheingau. It bears the nicknames Weinstadt, Sektstadt, Rosenstadt and since 2006 also Gutenbergstadt. Some of Germany's most famous vineyards (Steinberg, Rauenthaler Baiken, Erbacher Marcobrunn) are found within Eltville's municipal limits.

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• ▸Budva
• ▸Japanese mythology
• ▸English Civil War

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