Trier-Saarburg

The district Trier -Saar castle is a district in the west of Rhineland -Palatinate at the border with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is bordered to the north by the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in the north and east by the district of Bernkastel- Wittlich, in the east briefly to the district of Birkenfeld, and on the south by the Saarland counties of St. Wendel and Merzig- Wadern and in the west to the Luxembourg cantons Remich, Grevenmacher and Echternach. The district-free city Trier is completely surrounded by the district of Trier -Saar castle, seat of county government.

• 3.1 District Administrators
• 3.2 Kreistag
• 3.3 Coat of Arms
• 3.4 District Partnerships

• 4.1 street
• 4.2 rail

• 6.1 Museums

Geography

The district Trier -Saar castle extends from Bitburger Land of the Moselle River to the western Hunsrück into it. In the West, the Sauer, and the Upper Moselle form the border with Luxembourg. Larger rivers in the district are beside the River Moselle, the Saar and Ruwer the. This is an important German wine -growing region (Mosel -Saar- Ruwer ). The longest river in the Eifel, the Kyll, flows through the northern district area. The highest mountain in the district is the sand head ( 757 m) in the Black Forest High Forest.

Spatial Planning

After the country's development program Rhineland Palatinate (LEP IV ) are reported as means centers in the district towns Konz, Saar castle and Hermes wedge. In the Trier region regional spatial plan Schweich, pine / Hetzerath, Leiwen, Waldrach / Osburg, Reinfeld, Kell am See, decays, Nittel / Wincheringen and Welsch Cheap / Trierweiler have the function of a basic center.

History

Today the district belonged to 1794 mainly for Electorate of Trier and the Duchy of Luxembourg. From 1798 to 1814, the region was under French administration and was assigned to the Saar Department, from 1801 on, she was French territory. After the Congress of Vienna (1815 ), it became part of Prussia. They formed in 1816 in the Trier region the two circles Trier and Saar castle excluding the city of Trier, within the province of the Lower Rhine ( 1822 Rhine Province ).

After the Second World War, both circuits were since July 1945 part of the French zone of occupation. From the French military government of the entire county Saar castle was a total of 70 municipalities and the district of Trier assigned 11 communities the Saar on 18 July 1946 that no longer was under the Allied Control Council in February 1946. On June 6, 1947 this territorial carve-out was partially withdrawn, the county Saar castle came thus to the newly formed state of Rhineland -Palatinate, to which the district Trier belonged since 1946. ( See also: List of 1946 affected by the connection to the Saarland municipalities)

As part of the begun in the mid-1960s, Rhineland-Palatinate territorial administrative reform both circuits on June 7, 1969, united the present district of Trier -Saar castle.

The county since 1994 has been the initiative Region Trier ( IRT), the regional public institutions, governments, universities, companies, banks and committed individual with the aim, the region's future as economically attractive, culturally rich and ecologically intact area with high life - and to secure recreational value, work in partnership.

The development of the population, based on the present territory of the district of Trier -Saar castle, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

District administrators

Council

The district council election on 7 June 2009 yielded the following election results:

Coat of arms

Nine times shared by silver and blue, covered by a continuous red cross, which is topped with a gold heart shield on black mountain in a red Zinnenburg with gerücktem forward top turret (Coat - approval of 31 March 1970).

The red cross represents the Electorate of Trier, the silver - blue plate division is the coat of arms of Luxembourg and taken the castle symbolizes the Saar castle, which is taken from the coat of arms of the same city.

• See also List of coats of arms in the district of Trier -Saar castle

District partnerships

The district Trier -Saar castle has three partnerships:

• County Puck ( Poland) since 2001
• District of Saalfeld -Rudolstadt since 1990
• Kibuye (Rwanda ) since 2002

Traffic

Road

By the district leads the Federal Highway 1 Saarbruecken -Trier - Cologne, the federal motorway 64 Trier- Luxembourg and the Federal highway 602 connecting these highways. Furthermore, the circuit area of ​​several federal, state and county roads will be developed. The main roads in the district are the B 49, B 51, ​​B 52, B 53, B 268, B 407, B 418, B 419 and B 422

Rail

The main railway lines in the district are the Mosel Koblenz -Trier line and its extension along the Moselle and the Saar of Trier Konz and Saar castle to Saarbruecken.

There is also the, especially for freight transport used, railway Thionville and Trier Konz along the Moselle to Thionville in France. The Ruwer rail line from Trier city district Ruwer Eitelsbach about Waldrach and decays according to Hermes wedge was abandoned and converted into Ruwer -Hochwald - bike trail.

Castles

The county has a number of castles and palaces:

Culture

Museums

The open air museum Roscheider farm is located in Konz directly to the district border to Trier and was founded in 1973, inter alia, from the district of Trier -Saar castle and the cities of Trier and conc.

Medical care

The county is gGmbH support of the District Hospital St. Francis Saar castle.

Overall view

Cities and Towns

(Population at 31 December 2012)

Association members of communities, classified according to the administrative supervision applicable to the unitary councils:

( Administrative seat of the municipality *)

• 2 municipality Kell am See

• 3 municipality Konz

• 4 community association Ruwer

• 5 municipality Saarburg

• 6 municipality Schweich on the Roman wine road

• 7 municipality Trier -Land [Seat: Trier ]