Trier-Saarburg (; lb, Landkrees Tréier-Saarburg ) is a district in the west of
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north and clockwise)
Bitburg-Prüm,
Bernkastel-Wittlich
Bernkastel-Wittlich (German: ''Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich'') is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Vulkaneifel, Cochem-Zell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Birkenfeld, Trier-Saarbur ...
,
Birkenfeld
Birkenfeld () is a town and the district seat of the Birkenfeld district in southwest Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is also the seat of the like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde''. The town itself has approximately 7,000 inhabitants.
Geography
...
,
Sankt Wendel (Saarland), and
Merzig-Wadern (Saarland). To the west it borders
Luxembourg. The district-free city
Trier is surrounded by the district.
History
The district was created in 1969 by merging the previous districts Trier and Saarburg.
Geography
The main river in the district is the
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
. The area between its tributaries, the
Ruwer and the
Saar
Saar or SAAR has several meanings:
People Given name
*Saar Boubacar (born 1951), Senegalese professional football player
*Saar Ganor, Israeli archaeologist
*Saar Klein (born 1967), American film editor
Surname
* Ain Saar (born 1968), Esto ...
, is also well known as one of the prime
wine regions of Germany.
Museums
*
Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum,
Konz
*
Fell Exhibition Slate Mine
The Fell Exhibition Slate Mine (german: Besucherbergwerk Fell) is a former slate Mining, mine in Germany located about 20 km east of Trier and about 60 km east of Luxembourg City near the villages of Fell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Fell and ...
* Air museum,
Hermeskeil
* Railway and steam engine museum,
Hermeskeil
Coat of arms
The coat of arms largely resembles the coat of arms of the Saarburg district. The castle in the middle shows the castle of Saarburg, even though now only the ruins of the castle remains. The red cross is the cross of Trier, as a large part of the Saarburg district (as well as of the new Trier-Saarburg district) historically belonged to the state of Trier. The blue bars were added after the merging with the Trier district, and symbolize that part of that district historically belonged to Luxembourg.
Verbandsgemeinden
The district is divided into six
Verbandsgemeinden.
[Verbandsgemeinden - Landkreis Trier-Saarburg](_blank)
Retrieved April 2, 2021 (in German). The list contains the
coats of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its wh ...
, the names, the
district areas, exemplarily the population figures from 1950 as well as the current population figures:
Towns and municipalities
Four towns and 100 municipalities make up the district in southwestern Germany.
The list contains the
coats of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its wh ...
, the names, the
district areas, exemplarily the population figures from 1950 as well as the current population figures:
References
External links
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Districts of Rhineland-Palatinate