Bitburg-Prüm

Bitburg-Prüm
District
Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital	Bitburg
Area
• Total	1,626.15 km2 (627.86 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)[1]
• Total	96,158
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	BIT, PRÜ
Website	bitburg-pruem.de

The 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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm.

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

Urban and rural districts in the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany Urban districts Frankenthal Kaiserslautern Koblenz Landau Ludwigshafen Mainz Neustadt 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

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

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