Trier-Saarburg – DEB25

EU regions: Germany > Rhineland-Palatinate > Trier Government Region > Trier-Saarburg

More on wikipedia wikidata Q8579 on OpenStreetMap Trier-Saarburg slovensky: DEB25

Demographics

From Wikipedia: Trier-Saarburg (Luxembourgish: 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, Birkenfeld, Sankt Wendel (Saarland), and Merzig-Wadern (Saarland). To the west it borders Luxembourg. The district-free city Trier is completely 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 area between its tributaries, the Ruwer and the Saar, is also well known as one of the prime wine regions of Germany.

Other: Trier Government Region, Trier, Trier-Saarburg, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Vulkaneifel

Neighbours: Birkenfeld, Trier, Bernkastel-Wittlich, St. Wendel, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Luxembourg, Merzig-Wadern

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Trier-Saarburg – DEB25, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PDEB25, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164