Intangible cultural heritage: Application for “Viez” cider ready

The application for the cider "Viez", which is widespread on the Moselle and Saar, for inclusion in the nationwide list of the intangible cultural heritage of Unesco is: Today (10.15 am) the association "Trier Viezbruderschaft" will submit the application to the responsible representative of the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Culture, Andrea Stockhammer.

The state and the city of Trier had previously promised support for the project.

Trier - The typical regional Viez, also at home in the Eifel and Hunsrück, goes back to a centuries-old tradition and is closely linked to the preservation of orchards and fruit production.

It is usually served in the Viezporz, the typical drinking vessel.

According to the Viez brothers, more than 1,300 people have already supported an online petition and a collection of signatures for “Viez” as a cultural heritage.

Numerous clubs, cattle producers and consumers, cities and villages are also on board, it said.

Many of them come from Saarland and Luxembourg.

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So far, Rhineland-Palatinate is represented in the list with the pottery tradition of Westerwald stoneware and meadow irrigation in the Queichwiesen between Landau and Germersheim.

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