Cochem (Germany Rhineland-Palatinate)

Cochem is a Moselle River cruise port and town in Germany's Rhineland-Palatinate state (Cochem-Zell district) with population around 5,000. On cruise shore excursions/roundtrip bus tours from Cochem can be visited Schlagkamp-Desoye Weinmuseum (family-owned wine museum) for a guided walk and wine tasting.

Among the town's landmarks are Reichsburg Cochem (12th-century imperial castle), Winneburg Castle's ruins (13th-century), Pestkapelle St Roch's (17th-century chapel), Sehler Dom St Antonius Abbas (15th-century cathedral), Chapel at the Three Crosses (17th-century), Cochemer Krampen (24-km winding section of Moselle River).

Cochem's economy is largely based on winegrowing and tourism. Most visited tourist attractions include Freizeitzentrum Cochem (leisure center), Wild- und Freizeitpark Klotten (Wilderness and Leisure Park), Ediger-Eller (golf resort).