Worth seeing in Bernkastel is the mediaeval marketplace with its gabled timber-frame houses from the 17th century, foremost among which is the narrow Spitzh�uschen (�Pointed House�) from 1416. Around the St. Michaelsbrunnen (�Saint Michael�s Fountain�) from 1606 gathers a row of well-preserved buildings and also the Renaissance Town Hall from 1608. The Graach Gate is an often visited tourist attraction. Above the constituent community of Bernkastel lie the Castle Landshut ruins, a former summer residence of the Archbishops of Trier that was destroyed by fire on 8 January 1692. It today serves as a popular lookout point over the Moselle valley. Also worth seeing is the only town gate that is still standing, the Graacher Tor (�Graach Gate�).
The town furthermore has several squares at its disposal; beyond the mediaeval marketplace are the Platz am B�renbrunnen (�Square at the Bear�s Fountain�) and the Karlsbader Platz (�Karlovy Vary Square� � named after the partner town, which is called Karlsbad in German) opened in July 2005. The Doctorbrunnen (�Doctor Fountain�) depicts scenes of the old legend about a local wine, the famous "Bernkasteler Doctor". Another well-known point of interest is the Late Gothic St. Nikolaus-Hospital (Cusanusstift), an Electoral complex of Nikolaus von Kues. The institution�s library has an outstanding scientific range of works. It is also well known for its chapel, where the heart of the great philosopher, cardinal and polymath Nikolaus von Kues (Cusanus) is buried. Near the outlying centre of Wehlen lies the former Machern Monastery in whose rooms are now found a winery, a house brewery and a restaurant
