Bitburg-Prüm District

Bitburg-Prüm District
Bitburg-Prüm District
	— District —
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital	Bitburg
	Area
• Total	1,626.15 km2 (627.86 sq mi)
	Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	94,008
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	BIT, PRÜ
Website	bitburg-pruem.de

The Bitburg-Prüm District (German: Eifelkreis Bitburg-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 Luxembourg from the 10th to the 15th century. Later it was a part of the Seventeen Provinces and hence under Spanish resp. Austrian rule. After the Napoleonic Wars it was decided to hand this region over to Prussia.

The eastern parts of the district, including the town of Kyllburg, were property of the bishop of Trier.

When Prussia gained all these regions about 1815, it established the three districts of Bitburg, Prüm and Trier. In 1970 the districts of Bitburg and Prüm were merged with parts of the former district of Trier in order to form the present district.

On January 1 2007 the full name of the district was changed to be Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm instead of Landkreis.

Geography[]

The district covers the sparsely populated southwestern part of the Eifel Mountains. The portions along the western borders are occupied by a common German-Belgian nature park and a German-Luxembourgian nature park. A great number of rivers rise from the Schneifel in the northwest and from the Kyllwald in the east, and runs southward to the Sauer River (French Sûre), which is an affluent of the Moselle.

Coat of arms[]

The coat of arms displays:

The red cross symbolising the close city of Trier
The golden tower from the arms of Bitburg
The silver lamb from the arms of Prüm
The blue and white pattern from the arms of Luxembourg

Towns and municipalities[]

Verband-free town
Bitburg

Verbandsgemeinden
1. Arzfeld
Arzfeld¹ Dackscheid Dahnen Daleiden Dasburg Eilscheid Eschfeld Euscheid Großkampenberg Hargarten Harspelt	Herzfeld Irrhausen Jucken Kesfeld Kickeshausen Kinzenburg Krautscheid Lambertsberg Lascheid Lauperath Leidenborn	Lichtenborn Lierfeld Lünebach Lützkampen Manderscheid Mauel Merlscheid Niederpierscheid Oberpierscheid Olmscheid Pintesfeld	Plütscheid Preischeid Reiff Reipeldingen Roscheid Sengerich Sevenig (Our) Strickscheid Üttfeld Waxweiler
2. Bitburg-Land [seat: Bitburg]
Baustert Bettingen Bickendorf Biersdorf am See Birtlingen Brecht Brimingen Dahlem Dockendorf Dudeldorf Echtershausen Ehlenz Enzen	Eßlingen Feilsdorf Fließem Gondorf Halsdorf Hamm Heilenbach Hisel Hütterscheid Hüttingen an der Kyll Idenheim Idesheim Ingendorf	Ließem Meckel Messerich Metterich Mülbach Nattenheim Niederstedem Niederweiler Oberstedem Oberweiler Oberweis Olsdorf Rittersdorf	Röhl Scharfbillig Schleid Seffern Sefferweich Stockem Sülm Trimport Wettlingen Wiersdorf Wißmannsdorf Wolsfeld
3. Irrel
Alsdorf Bollendorf Echternacherbrück Eisenach Ernzen	Ferschweiler Gilzem Holsthum Irrel¹ Kaschenbach	Menningen Minden Niederweis Peffingen Prümzurlay	Schankweiler Wallendorf
4. Kyllburg
Badem Balesfeld Burbach Etteldorf Gindorf Gransdorf	Kyllburg^{1, 2} Kyllburgweiler Malberg Malbergweich Neidenbach Neuheilenbach	Oberkail Orsfeld Pickließem Sankt Thomas Seinsfeld Steinborn	Usch Wilsecker Zendscheid
5. Neuerburg
Affler Altscheid Ammeldingen an der Our Ammeldingen bei Neuerburg Bauler Berkoth Berscheid Biesdorf Burg Dauwelshausen Emmelbaum Fischbach-Oberraden Geichlingen	Gemünd Gentingen Heilbach Herbstmühle Hommerdingen Hütten Hüttingen bei Lahr Karlshausen Keppeshausen Körperich Koxhausen Kruchten Lahr	Leimbach Mettendorf Muxerath Nasingen Neuerburg^{1, 2} Niedergeckler Niederraden Niehl Nusbaum Obergeckler Plascheid Rodershausen Roth an der Our	Scheitenkorb Scheuern Sevenig bei Neuerburg Sinspelt Übereisenbach Uppershausen Utscheid Waldhof-Falkenstein Weidingen Zweifelscheid
6. Prüm
Auw bei Prüm Bleialf Brandscheid Buchet Büdesheim Dingdorf Feuerscheid Fleringen Giesdorf Gondenbrett Großlangenfeld	Habscheid Heckhuscheid Heisdorf Hersdorf Kleinlangenfeld Lasel Masthorn Matzerath Mützenich Neuendorf Niederlauch	Nimshuscheid Nimsreuland Oberlascheid Oberlauch Olzheim Orlenbach Pittenbach Pronsfeld Prüm^{1, 2} Rommersheim Roth bei Prüm	Schönecken Schwirzheim Seiwerath Sellerich Wallersheim Watzerath Wawern Weinsheim Winringen Winterscheid Winterspelt
7. Speicher
Auw an der Kyll Beilingen Herforst	Hosten Orenhofen Philippsheim	Preist Spangdahlem Speicher¹
¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

References[]

^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf.

External links[]

Official website (German)
German-Belgian Nature Park Hohes Venn / Eifel (German, French)
German-Luxembourgian Nature Park Southern Eifel (German, English, French, Dutch)

Template:Cities and towns in Bitburg-Prüm (district)

Coordinates: 50°00′N 6°25′E / 50.0, 6.42

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[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf.

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