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Sarre (department)
Sarre () was a Departments of France, department in the French First Republic, First French Republic and First French Empire. Its territory is now part of Germany and Belgium. Named after the river Saar (river), Saar (), it was created in 1798 in the aftermath of the Treaty of Campo Formio of 18 October 1797 which ceded the Left Bank of the Rhine to France. Despite its name it covered a much larger area than the historical area known as the Saarland. Prior to the French occupation of the area from 1793 onward, its territory had been divided between the Electorate of Trier, Nassau-Saarbrücken and the Electorate of the Palatinate (the Palatine Zweibrücken, Duchy of Zweibrücken and the County of Veldenz). Its territory is now part of the German Länder of Germany, states Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland as well as a tiny adjacent section of the Belgian Liège (province), province of Liège. Its capital was Trier. The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarre Departement (1812)
Sarre can refer to: * Saarland or , a German state * Sarre (département), a former French département, now part of Germany * Sarre, Aosta Valley, a town in Italy * Sarre, Kent, a village in the United Kingdom * Sarre river or Saar, a river in France and Germany * Sarre (Bode), a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, tributary of the Bode * La Sarre, a town in Quebec, Canada People with that surname * Friedrich Sarre (1865–1945), German Orientalist, archaeologist and art historian * Georges Sarre (1935–2019), French politician * Ronald Sarre (1932–2009), Australian cricketer * Tony Sarre, Australian filmmaker See also * Sarre-Union, a commune of the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace, France * Guidio-Sarre, a village in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) 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 sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Worms, and Neuwied. It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and by France, Luxembourg and Belgium. Rhineland-Palatinate was established in 1946 after World War II, from parts of the former states of Prussia (part of its Rhineland and Nassau provinces), Hesse ( Rhenish Hesse) and Bavaria (its former outlying Palatinate kreis or district), by the French military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 and shared the country's only border with the Saar Protectorate until the latter was returned to German control in 1957. Rhineland-Palatinate's natural and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baumholder
Baumholder () is a town in the Birkenfeld (district), Birkenfeld Districts of Germany, district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, in the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France. The town of Baumholder is the administrative seat of the Baumholder (Verbandsgemeinde), like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a state-recognised tourism resort and, according to state planning, a Central place theory, middle centre. Geography Location Baumholder lies between the Hunsrück to the north and the North Palatine Uplands to the south, right on a height that marks the latter's northern boundary. This area is also known as the Westrich. Baumholder lies roughly 10 km south of Idar-Oberstein. The countryside around Baumholder is marked by many meadows, fields and woodlands, both broadleaf and mixed. A great part of the Baumholder Troop Drilling Ground abutting the town serves as a refuge for many plant and animal species that have become rare, for example t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkenfeld
Birkenfeld () is a town and the district seat of the Birkenfeld (district), Birkenfeld Districts of Germany, district in southwest Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is also the seat of the Birkenfeld (Verbandsgemeinde), like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde''. The town itself has approximately 7,000 inhabitants. Geography Location The town lies in the Nahe (Rhine), Nahegebiet (Nahe area), to the north of the namesake river, on the edge of the ''Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück''. Birkenfeld lies roughly 13 km southwest of Idar-Oberstein and 12 km northwest of Baumholder. Neighbouring municipalities Clockwise from the north, these are Gollenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Gollenberg, Elchweiler, Schmißberg, Rimsberg, Dienstweiler, Ellweiler, Dambach, Germany, Dambach, Brücken, Birkenfeld, Brücken, Buhlenberg and Ellenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Ellenberg. History The name Birkenfeld has its origin in an old German dialect, Old Frankish. It means something rather like "at the field w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wittlich
Wittlich (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Wittlech'') is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany, the seat of the Bernkastel-Wittlich Districts of Germany, district. Its historic town centre and the beauty of the surrounding countryside make the town a centre for tourism in southwest Germany. Wittlich is the Central place theory, middle centre for a feeder area of 56 municipalities in the Eifel and Moselle (river), Moselle area with a population of roughly 64,000. With some 18,000 inhabitants, Wittlich is the biggest town between Trier and Koblenz and the fourth biggest between Mainz and the Belgium, Belgian border. Geography Location The town lies in the South Eifel on the Lieser (river), River Lieser in a side valley of the Moselle (river), Moselle on the northern edge of the Wittlich Depression. This stretch of country is bounded in the west by the low mountains of the Moselle Eifel and in the east by the Moselle valley. Constituent communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schweich
Schweich is a town in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Moselle, approx. northeast of Trier. Schweich is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Schweich an der Römischen Weinstraße. Twin towns — sister cities Schweich is town twinning, twinned with: * Marsannay-la-Côte, France * Portishead, Somerset, United Kingdom * Krokowa, Poland * Renesse, Netherlands * Murialdo, Italy Personalities * Stefan Andres (1906–1970), writer, see also Stefan Andres Society, Stefan Andres Prize * Gabriele Pauli (born 1957), former politician * Katarina Barley (born 1968), politician (SPD) References External links Trier-Saarburg {{TrierSaarburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saarburg
Saarburg (, ) is a city of the Trier-Saarburg district, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the river Saar in the hilly country a few kilometers upstream from the Saar's junction with the Moselle. Now known as a tourist attraction, the river Leuk flows into the town centre and makes a spectacular drop of some 60 feet before joining the larger Saar that bisects the town. The waterfall is the result of a 13th-century project to redirect the Leuk through the city centre. Saarburg is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Saarburg-Kell. The area around Saarburg is noted for the cultivation of Riesling grapes. History The history of the city begins with the construction of the now-ruined castle by Graf Siegfried of Luxembourg in 964. It received its town charter in 1291. The city has a bell foundry, the Glockengießerei Mabilion, which has been in operation since the 1770s, and the only one in Germany that produces bronze bell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konz
Konz () is a city in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Saar and Moselle, approx. 8 km southwest of Trier. Konz is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Konz. The following villages are part of the municipality Konz: *Canet *Filzen *Hamm *Karthaus *Könen *Krettnach *Kommlingen *Niedermennig *Oberemmel *Obermennig *Roscheid *Pellingen History From 18 July 1946 until 6 June 1947 Konz, in its then municipal boundary, formed part of the Saar Protectorate The Saar Protectorate ( ; ), officially Saarland (), was a short-lived French protectorate and a disputed territory separated from Germany. On joining the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG/West Germany) in 1957, it became the smallest "federal .... Population As of February 2024, the general population is 19,142. Museums * Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum References External links Websites in Konz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Büdlich
Büdlich is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality, one of the district's smaller ones, lies in the Hunsrück. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Thalfang am Erbeskopf, whose seat is in the municipality of Thalfang. Constituent communities Büdlich's ''Ortsteile'' are Büdlich and Büdlicherbrück. History After the French Revolution, the Rhine’s left bank, and thereby Büdlich too, were ceded to France. Through a law from 26 March 1798, the French abolished feudal rights in their zone of occupation. After French rule ended, the village passed in 1814 to the Kingdom of Prussia. North of Büdlich, the Dhron Valley Dam (''Dhrontalsperre'') was built in 1911. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Politics Municipal council The munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernkastel-Kues
Bernkastel-Kues () is a town on the Middle Mosel in the Bernkastel-Wittlich Districts of Germany, district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is well-known for its winegrowing. The town is a state-recognized health resort (''Erholungsort''), seat of the Bernkastel-Kues (Verbandsgemeinde), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Bernkastel-Kues and birthplace of one of the most famous German polymaths, the Middle Ages, medieval churchman and philosopher Nikolaus von Kues (Cusanus). Geography Location Bernkastel-Kues lies in the Mosel (river), Mosel valley, roughly from Trier. The greatest elevation is the ''Olymp'' (415 m above sea level), and the lowest point (107 m above sea level) lies on the Mosel's banks. The municipal area totals 23 657 101 m2, of which 7 815 899 m2 is used for agriculture, thereby making Bernkastel-Kues one of the Middle Moselle's biggest towns by land area. Neighbouring municipalities Clockwise from the north, these are Graach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton (administrative Division)
A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as county, counties, Department (administrative division), departments, or provinces. Internationally, the most politically important cantons are the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss cantons. As the constituents of the Swiss Confederation, theoretically and historically, they are semi-sovereign states. The term is derived from the French language, French word ''wikt:canton#French, canton'', meaning "corner" or "district" (from which "cantonment" is also derived). In specific countries Cantons exist or previously existed in the following countries: *Cantons of Belgium *Bohol#U.S. intervention and occupation, Cantonal Government of Bohol *Cantons of Bolivia *Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina: federal units of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
