Erden

Erden is a geographic name and surname used in several languages. The most widely known reference is to Erden, a municipality in western Germany along the Moselle river. The village lies in Rhineland-Palatinate and is part of the Moselle wine region, celebrated for Riesling and other white wines. Its landscape features steep vineyard slopes, historic half-timbered houses, and a compact village center. Tourism centers on wine routes and local festivals.

Beyond Germany, the name Erden appears in other places in Europe and Asia, including Turkey, where it is used as a place name component and as a given name or surname in Turkish-speaking communities. In many cases, Erden is associated with small villages or neighborhoods rather than large urban centers.

Origins of the name are not definitively fixed; in German and Turkish onomastics, it likely derives from older toponymic elements or personal names that were adopted into place names and surnames over centuries.