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Bitburg-Prüm

Coordinates: 50°00′N 6°25′E / 50.0°N 6.42°E / 50.0; 6.42
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Bitburg-Prüm
District
Flag of Bitburg-Prüm
Flag
Coat of arms of Bitburg-Prüm
Coat of arms
Map
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
CapitalBitburg
Government
 • District admin.Andreas Kruppert (CDU)
Area
 • Total1,626.15 km2 (627.86 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total103,642
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationBIT, PRÜ
Websitebitburg-pruem.de

The Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm (Luxembourgish: Äifelkrees Béibreg-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

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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 the Duchy of Luxemburg from the 10th to the 15th century. Later it was a part of the Seventeen Provinces and hence under Spanish and then Austrian rule. After the Napoleonic Wars the region was handed over to Prussia.

The eastern parts of the district, including the town of Kyllburg, were part of the Prince-bishopric 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 1 January 2007 the full name of the district was changed to be Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm instead of Landkreis.

Geography

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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-Luxembourgish 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 river Sauer (French: Sûre), which is an affluent of the Moselle.

Coat of arms

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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

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It consists of 234 municipalities, making it is the district in Germany with the most municipalities.

Verband-free town
  1. Bitburg
Verbandsgemeinden
1. Arzfeld
  1. Arzfeld1
  2. Dackscheid
  3. Dahnen
  4. Daleiden
  5. Dasburg
  6. Eilscheid
  7. Eschfeld
  8. Euscheid
  9. Großkampenberg
  10. Hargarten
  11. Harspelt
  1. Herzfeld
  2. Irrhausen
  3. Jucken
  4. Kesfeld
  5. Kickeshausen
  6. Kinzenburg
  7. Krautscheid
  8. Lambertsberg
  9. Lascheid
  10. Lauperath
  11. Leidenborn
  1. Lichtenborn
  2. Lierfeld
  3. Lünebach
  4. Lützkampen
  5. Manderscheid
  6. Mauel
  7. Merlscheid
  8. Niederpierscheid
  9. Oberpierscheid
  10. Olmscheid
  11. Pintesfeld
  1. Plütscheid
  2. Preischeid
  3. Reiff
  4. Reipeldingen
  5. Roscheid
  6. Sengerich
  7. Sevenig (Our)
  8. Strickscheid
  9. Üttfeld
  10. Waxweiler
2. Bitburger Land [seat: Bitburg]
  1. Badem
  2. Balesfeld
  3. Baustert
  4. Bettingen
  5. Bickendorf
  6. Biersdorf am See
  7. Birtlingen
  8. Brecht
  9. Brimingen
  10. Burbach
  11. Dahlem
  12. Dockendorf
  13. Dudeldorf
  14. Echtershausen
  15. Ehlenz
  16. Enzen
  17. Eßlingen
  18. Etteldorf
  2. Feilsdorf
  3. Fließem
  4. Gindorf
  5. Gondorf
  6. Gransdorf
  7. Halsdorf
  8. Hamm
  9. Heilenbach
  10. Hütterscheid
  11. Hüttingen an der Kyll
  12. Idenheim
  13. Idesheim
  14. Ingendorf
  15. Kyllburg2
  16. Kyllburgweiler
  17. Ließem
  18. Malberg
  19. Malbergweich
  2. Meckel
  3. Messerich
  4. Metterich
  5. Mülbach
  6. Nattenheim
  7. Neidenbach
  8. Neuheilenbach
  9. Niederstedem
  10. Niederweiler
  11. Oberkail
  12. Oberstedem
  13. Oberweiler
  14. Oberweis
  15. Olsdorf
  16. Orsfeld
  17. Pickließem
  18. Rittersdorf
  19. Röhl
  2. Sankt Thomas
  3. Scharfbillig
  4. Schleid
  5. Seffern
  6. Sefferweich
  7. Seinsfeld
  8. Steinborn
  9. Stockem
  10. Sülm
  11. Trimport
  12. Usch
  13. Wettlingen
  14. Wiersdorf
  15. Wilsecker
  16. Wißmannsdorf
  17. Wolsfeld
  18. Zendscheid
3. Südeifel
  1. Affler
  2. Alsdorf
  3. Altscheid
  4. Ammeldingen an der Our
  5. Ammeldingen bei Neuerburg
  6. Bauler
  7. Berkoth
  8. Berscheid
  9. Biesdorf
  10. Bollendorf
  11. Burg
  12. Dauwelshausen
  13. Echternacherbrück
  14. Eisenach
  15. Emmelbaum
  16. Ernzen
  17. Ferschweiler
  2. Fischbach-Oberraden
  3. Geichlingen
  4. Gemünd
  5. Gentingen
  6. Gilzem
  7. Heilbach
  8. Herbstmühle
  9. Holsthum
  10. Hommerdingen
  11. Hütten
  12. Hüttingen bei Lahr
  13. Irrel
  14. Karlshausen
  15. Kaschenbach
  16. Keppeshausen
  17. Körperich
  18. Koxhausen
  2. Kruchten
  3. Lahr
  4. Leimbach
  5. Menningen
  6. Mettendorf
  7. Minden
  8. Muxerath
  9. Nasingen
  10. Neuerburg1, 2
  11. Niedergeckler
  12. Niederraden
  13. Niederweis
  14. Niehl
  15. Nusbaum
  16. Obergeckler
  17. Peffingen
  18. Plascheid
  2. Prümzurlay
  3. Rodershausen
  4. Roth an der Our
  5. Schankweiler
  6. Scheitenkorb
  7. Scheuern
  8. Sevenig bei Neuerburg
  9. Sinspelt
  10. Übereisenbach
  11. Uppershausen
  12. Utscheid
  13. Waldhof-Falkenstein
  14. Wallendorf
  15. Weidingen
  16. Zweifelscheid
4. Prüm
  1. Auw bei Prüm
  2. Bleialf
  3. Brandscheid
  4. Buchet
  5. Büdesheim
  6. Dingdorf
  7. Feuerscheid
  8. Fleringen
  9. Giesdorf
  10. Gondenbrett
  11. Großlangenfeld
  1. Habscheid
  2. Heckhuscheid
  3. Heisdorf
  4. Hersdorf
  5. Kleinlangenfeld
  6. Lasel
  7. Masthorn
  8. Matzerath
  9. Mützenich
  10. Neuendorf
  11. Niederlauch
  1. Nimshuscheid
  2. Nimsreuland
  3. Oberlascheid
  4. Oberlauch
  5. Olzheim
  6. Orlenbach
  7. Pittenbach
  8. Pronsfeld
  9. Prüm1, 2
  10. Rommersheim
  11. Roth bei Prüm
  1. Schönecken
  2. Schwirzheim
  3. Seiwerath
  4. Sellerich
  5. Wallersheim
  6. Watzerath
  7. Wawern
  8. Weinsheim
  9. Winringen
  10. Winterscheid
  11. Winterspelt
5. Speicher
  1. Auw an der Kyll
  2. Beilingen
  3. Herforst
  1. Hosten
  2. Orenhofen
  3. Philippsheim
  1. Preist
  2. Spangdahlem
  3. Speicher1
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

References

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  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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