Bernkastel-Wittlich – DEB22

EU regions: Germany > Rhineland-Palatinate > Trier Government Region > Bernkastel-Wittlich

More on wikipedia wikidata Q8585 on OpenStreetMap Bernkastel-Wittlich slovensky: DEB22

Demographics

From Wikipedia: Bernkastel-Wittlich (German: Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich) is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Vulkaneifel, Cochem-Zell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Birkenfeld, Trier-Saarburg and Bitburg-Prüm.

History

The district was established in 1969 by merging the former districts of Bernkastel and Wittlich.

Geography

The district is situated on both banks of the Moselle, which crosses the territory from southwest to northeast. The country rises to the Eifel in the north and the Hunsrück in the south. A great number of tributaries rise in the Eifel and flow into the Moselle. In the very south of the district is the Erbeskopf (818 m), the highest peak in the Hunsrück and Rhineland-Palatinate.

Coat of arms

Towns and municipalities

Twin region

At one time, the Borough of Milton Keynes was the twinned region of the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich.

Other: Trier Government Region, Trier, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Vulkaneifel, Trier-Saarburg, Bernkastel-Wittlich

Neighbours: Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Vulkaneifel, Trier-Saarburg, Cochem-Zell, Birkenfeld, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Bernkastel-Wittlich – DEB22, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​en/projects/eu-regions/DEB22