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Biersdorf Am See
Biersdorf am See is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Geography The place is located in the South Eifel nature park, northwest of the district town of Bitburg Bitburg (; french: Bitbourg; lb, Béibreg) is a city in Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate approximately 25 km (16 mi.) northwest of Trier and 50 km (31 mi.) northeast of Luxembourg city. The American Spangdahlem ... on the Bitburg reservoir, which is located in the west of the municipality. The 3.22 km² large municipal area extends at an altitude of 280 to 340 m above sea level. 61.3% of it is used for agriculture, with 12.7% a comparatively small part of forest exists.Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz: Regionaldaten.' History Like large parts of the Bitburger Gutland, Biersdorf am See was already settled in pre-Christian times, as indicated by barrows and ceramic finds. Several sanded burial mounds on a ridge south-east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitburg-Prüm
The Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm ( lb, Äifelkrees Béibreg-Prüm) is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) Luxembourg, Belgium and the districts of Euskirchen, Vulkaneifel, Bernkastel-Wittlich and Trier-Saarburg. History There are three different historical regions: the abbey and the city of Prüm have been directly subordinate to the Holy Roman Emperor in medieval times; later the free city became the principality of Prüm, occupying large portions in the north. The southwest including the town of Bitburg was a part of the Duchy of Luxemburg from the 10th to the 15th century. Later it was a part of the Seventeen Provinces and hence under Spanish and then Austrian rule. After the Napoleonic Wars the region was handed over to Prussia. The eastern parts of the district, including the town of Kyllburg, were part of the Prince-bishopric of Trier. When Prussia gained all these regions about 1815, it established the three district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Worms and Neuwied. It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and by the countries France, Luxembourg and Belgium. Rhineland-Palatinate was established in 1946 after World War II, from parts of the former states of Prussia (part of its Rhineland and Nassau provinces), Hesse (Rhenish Hesse) and Bavaria (its former outlying Palatinate kreis or district), by the French military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 and shared the country's only border with the Saar Protectorate until the latter wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-Luxembourg Nature Park
The German-Luxembourg Nature Park (german: Deutsch-Luxemburgische Naturpark) is a cross-border nature park, which was established on 17 April 1964 by state treaty between the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It thus became the first cross-border nature park in Western Europe. File:Irrel Wasserfälle 10+.jpg, Prüm river File:Naturpark Südeifel (Eifel); Irreler Wasserfälle r.jpg, File:Naturpark Südeifel (Eifel); Irreler Wasserfälle m.jpg, File:Bizarre Felsenlandschaft - Teufelsschlucht (Bizarre Rocky Landscape - Devil's Gorge) - geo.hlipp.de - 14733.jpg, At Teufelsschlucht (Devils Gorge) File:Einstieg in die Schlucht.JPG, Literature * Christian Humberg Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ (title), Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive ...: ''Ein Riese namens Heim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitburg
Bitburg (; french: Bitbourg; lb, Béibreg) is a city in Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate approximately 25 km (16 mi.) northwest of Trier and 50 km (31 mi.) northeast of Luxembourg city. The American Spangdahlem Air Base is nearby. History The city's name derives from its Celtic toponym, ''Beda''. Bitburg originated approximately 2,000 years ago as a stopover for traffic from Lyon through Metz and Trier to Cologne. The first name mentioned was ''Vicus Beda''. Emperor Constantine the Great expanded the settlement to a road castle around 330, the central part of which forms the town centre today. Bitburg is first documented only after the end of the Roman Empire around 715 as ''castrum bedense''. It subsequently became part of Franconia. The first mention of Bitburg in historic annals occurred in connection with the signing in 1239 of the Trier-Luxembourg Treaty between Archbishop Theoderich II of Trier and Countess Ermesinde II of Luxemburg, un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitburg-Land
Bitburg-Land is a former '' Verbandsgemeinde'' (municipal association) in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was situated around the town Bitburg, which was the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'', but not a part of it. On 1 July 2014 it merged into the new ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Bitburger Land Bitburger Land is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Bitburg, itself not part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. It was formed on .... Bitburg-Land consisted of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): References Former Verbandsgemeinden in Rhineland-Palatinate {{BitburgPrüm-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitburger Land
Bitburger Land is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Bitburg, itself not part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. It was formed on 1 July 2014 by the merger of the former ''Verbandsgemeinden'' Bitburg-Land and Kyllburg. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Bitburger Land consists of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): # Badem # Balesfeld # Baustert # Bettingen # Bickendorf # Biersdorf am See # Birtlingen # Brecht # Brimingen # Burbach # Dahlem # Dockendorf # Dudeldorf # Echtershausen # Ehlenz # Enzen # Eßlingen # Etteldorf # Feilsdorf # Fließem # Gindorf # Gondorf # Gransdorf # Halsdorf # Hamm # Heilenbach # Hütterscheid # Hüttingen an der Kyll # Idenheim # Idesheim # Ingendorf # Kyllburg # Kyllburgweiler # Ließem # Malberg # Malbergweich # Meckel # Messerich # Metterich # Mülbach # Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
