Bernkastel-Wittlich

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District in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Bernkastel-Wittlich

District

Flag

Coat of arms

Country| Germany
State| Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital| Wittlich
Area

• Total| 1,168 km2 (451 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2021)[1]

• Total| 113,194
• Density| 97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| WIL, BKS
Website| bernkastel-wittlich.de

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[edit]

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

## Geography[edit]

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[edit]

The coat of arms displays:

* The cross symbolising the bishopric of Trier
* The crayfish from the arms of Bernkastel-Kues
* The keys from the arms of Wittlich
* The red and white pattern of the County of Sponheim, which ruled this part of the Moselle valley in medieval times

## Towns and municipalities[edit]

Verband-free town | Verband-free municipality

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1. Wittlich

1. Morbach

Verbandsgemeinden

* 1\. Bernkastel-Kues

1. Bernkastel-Kues1, 2
2. Brauneberg
3. Burgen
4. Erden
5. Gornhausen
6. Graach an der Mosel
7. Hochscheid
8. Kesten
9. Kleinich
10. Kommen
11. Lieser
12. Lösnich
13. Longkamp
14. Maring-Noviand
15. Minheim
16. Monzelfeld
17. Mülheim
18. Neumagen-Dhron
19. Piesport
20. Ürzig
21. Veldenz
22. Wintrich
23. Zeltingen-Rachtig

* 2\. Thalfang am Erbeskopf

1. Berglicht
2. Breit
3. Büdlich
4. Burtscheid
5. Deuselbach
6. Dhronecken
7. Etgert
8. Gielert
9. Gräfendhron
10. Heidenburg
11. Hilscheid
12. Horath
13. Immert
14. Lückenburg
15. Malborn
16. Merschbach
17. Neunkirchen
18. Rorodt
19. Schönberg
20. Talling
21. Thalfang1

* 3\. Traben-Trarbach

1. Bausendorf
2. Bengel
3. Burg
4. Diefenbach
5. Enkirch
6. Flußbach
7. Hontheim
8. Irmenach
9. Kinderbeuern
10. Kinheim
11. Kröv
12. Lötzbeuren
13. Reil
14. Starkenburg
15. Traben-Trarbach1, 2
16. Willwerscheid

* 4\. Wittlich-Land [seat: Wittlich]

1. Altrich
2. Arenrath
3. Bergweiler
4. Bettenfeld
5. Binsfeld
6. Bruch
7. Dierfeld
8. Dierscheid
9. Dodenburg
10. Dreis
11. Eckfeld
12. Eisenschmitt
13. Esch
14. Gipperath
15. Gladbach
16. Greimerath
17. Großlittgen
18. Hasborn
19. Heckenmünster
20. Heidweiler
21. Hetzerath
22. Hupperath
23. Karl
24. Klausen
25. Landscheid
26. Laufeld
27. Manderscheid
28. Meerfeld
29. Minderlittgen
30. Musweiler
31. Niederöfflingen
32. Niederscheidweiler
33. Niersbach
34. Oberöfflingen
35. Oberscheidweiler
36. Osann-Monzel
37. Pantenburg
38. Platten
39. Plein
40. Rivenich
41. Salmtal
42. Schladt
43. Schwarzenborn
44. Sehlem
45. Wallscheid

1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

## Twin region[edit]

At one time, the Borough of Milton Keynes was the twinned region of the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich[ 1 ].

## External links[edit]

* Official website (German)

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich.

1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.

* ^ Kreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, Jahrbuch 1982 (page 23ff.), 1982

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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
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* Südwestpfalz
* Trier-Saarburg
* Vulkaneifel
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Coordinates: 49°59′13″N 6°53′23″E﻿ / ﻿49.98694°N 6.88972°E﻿ / 49.98694; 6.88972
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