Gusterath is a municipality in the
Trier-Saarburg
Trier-Saarburg (; lb, Landkrees Tréier-Saarburg ) is a district in the west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north and clockwise) Bitburg-Prüm, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Birkenfeld, Sankt Wendel (Saarland), and ...
district, in
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
,
Germany
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. It belongs to the
Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer.
Geography
Gusterath is located in the Ruwer valley close to
Trier
Trier ( , ; lb, Tréier ), formerly known in English as Trèves ( ;) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the ...
. To the north, the closest villages are
Korlingen and
Gutweiler. Due east is
Lonzenburg, itself a part of
Schöndorf.
Pluwig is to the south and
Hockweiler to the west. The closest part of Trier to Gusterath is
Irsch.
History
In the era of
Ancient Rome
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, several small farms existed in the area of modern Gusterath.
Politics
Local mayor
* 1987–2009: Günter Scherer, SPD
* 2009–2019: Alfred Bläser, FWG
* since 2019: Stefan Metzdorf, SPD
References
Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
Trier-Saarburg
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