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COCHEM, a town of Germany, in the Prussian Rhine province on the Mosel, and 30 M. W. of Coblenz by the railway to Trier, which above the town enters the longest tunnel (21 m.) in Germany. Pop. 3500. It is romantically situated in the deep and winding valley of the Mosel, at the foot of a hill surrounded by a feudal castle dating from 1051, which has been restored in its former style. There is a considerable trade in wines.