the moselle eifel runs in a southwest to northeast direction, northwest along the moselle river, sometimes away from the river, between trier-ehrang, at the confluence of the kyll and the moselle, and moselkern at the confluence of the elzbach with the same rhine tributary. the hills of the moselle eifel are lower than those of the adjacent and very ancient volcanic eifel to the north and only exceed in a few places, reaching a maximum of at schafstall near bremm. on the far, southeastern side of the moselle valley with its many meanders and well known castles rises the somewhat higher hill range of the hunsrück.