Trier-Saarburg

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Trier-Saarburg
Map of Rhineland-Palatinate highlighting the district Trier-Saarburg
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
County seat	Trier
Area	1,090.51 km²
Population	138,196 (2001)
Pop. density	127 inh./km²
Car identification	TR
Web page	trier-saarburg.de

Trier-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, Merzig-Wadern. To the west it borders Luxembourg. The district-free city Trier is completely surrounded by the district.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Museums
4 Coat of arms
5 Towns and municipalities
6 External links

[edit] History

The district was created in 1969 by merging the previous districts Trier and Saarburg.

[edit] Geography

The main river in the district is the Moselle. Its affluent Ruwer as well as the Saar are also well known as one of the prime wine regions of Germany.

[edit] Museums

Roscheider Hof, Open Air Museum, Konz
Fell Exhibition Slate Mine
Air museum, Hermeskeil
Railway and steam engine museum, Hermeskeil

[edit] 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.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Verbandsgemeinden

¹includes town of the same name

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany
Urban districts	Frankenthal \| Kaiserslautern \| Koblenz \| Landau \| Ludwigshafen \| Mainz \| Neustadt (Weinstraße) Pirmasens \| Speyer \| Trier \| Worms \| Zweibrücken
Rural districts	Ahrweiler \| Altenkirchen \| Alzey-Worms \| Bad Dürkheim \| Bad Kreuznach \| Bernkastel-Wittlich \| Birkenfeld \| Bitburg-Prüm Cochem-Zell \| Donnersbergkreis \| Germersheim \| Kaiserslautern \| Kusel \| Mainz-Bingen Mayen-Koblenz \| Neuwied \| Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis \| Rhein-Lahn-Kreis \| Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Südliche Weinstraße \| Südwestpfalz \| Trier-Saarburg \| Vulkaneifel \| Westerwaldkreis