Gusterath is a municipality in the

Trier-Saarburg Trier-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 Merzig-Wadern (Saarland). To ...

district, in

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. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer.

Geography

Gusterath is located in the Ruwer valley close to

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. 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

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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 {{TrierSaarburg-geo-stub