Bitburg-Prüm

Bitburg-Prüm
District
Coat of arms of Bitburg-Prüm Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital	Bitburg
Area
• Total	1,626.15 km2 (627.86 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)
• 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

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. Bitburger Land [seat: Bitburg]
Badem Balesfeld Baustert Bettingen Bickendorf Biersdorf am See Birtlingen Brecht Brimingen Burbach Dahlem Dockendorf Dudeldorf Echtershausen Ehlenz Enzen Eßlingen Etteldorf	Feilsdorf Fließem Gindorf Gondorf Gransdorf Halsdorf Hamm Heilenbach Hisel Hütterscheid Hüttingen an der Kyll Idenheim Idesheim Ingendorf Kyllburg2 Kyllburgweiler Ließem Malberg	Malbergweich Meckel Messerich Metterich Mülbach Nattenheim Neidenbach Neuheilenbach Niederstedem Niederweiler Oberkail Oberstedem Oberweiler Oberweis Olsdorf Orsfeld Pickließem Rittersdorf	Röhl Sankt Thomas Scharfbillig Schleid Seffern Sefferweich Seinsfeld Steinborn Stockem Sülm Trimport Usch Wettlingen Wiersdorf Wilsecker Wißmannsdorf Wolsfeld Zendscheid
3. Südeifel
Affler Alsdorf Altscheid Ammeldingen an der Our Ammeldingen bei Neuerburg Bauler Berkoth Berscheid Biesdorf Bollendorf Burg Dauwelshausen Echternacherbrück Eisenach Emmelbaum Ernzen Ferschweiler	Fischbach-Oberraden Geichlingen Gemünd Gentingen Gilzem Heilbach Herbstmühle Holsthum Hommerdingen Hütten Hüttingen bei Lahr Irrel Karlshausen Kaschenbach Keppeshausen Körperich Koxhausen	Kruchten Lahr Leimbach Menningen Mettendorf Minden Muxerath Nasingen Neuerburg1, 2 Niedergeckler Niederraden Niederweis Niehl Nusbaum Obergeckler Peffingen Plascheid	Prümzurlay Rodershausen Roth an der Our Schankweiler Scheitenkorb Scheuern Sevenig bei Neuerburg Sinspelt Übereisenbach Uppershausen Utscheid Waldhof-Falkenstein Wallendorf Weidingen Zweifelscheid
4. 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 Prüm1, 2 Rommersheim Roth bei Prüm	Schönecken Schwirzheim Seiwerath Sellerich Wallersheim Watzerath Wawern Weinsheim Winringen Winterscheid Winterspelt
5. Speicher
Auw an der Kyll Beilingen Herforst	Hosten Orenhofen Philippsheim	Preist Spangdahlem Speicher1
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

External links

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