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 the west it borders Luxembourg. The district-free city Trier is surrounded by the district.
Key facts
- Germany district.name
- Trier-Saarburg
- Germany district.image_coa
- DEU Landkreis Trier-Saarburg COA.svg
- Germany district.image_flag
- Flagge Landkreis Trier-Saarburg.svg
- Germany district.state
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Germany district.capital
- Trier
- Germany district.area
- 1102.26
- Germany district.Kreisschlüssel
- 07235
- Germany district.district_admin
- Stefan Metzdorf
- Germany district.admin_party
- SPD
- Germany district.carsign
- TR, SAB
- Germany district.founded
- June 7, 1969
- Germany district.url
- trier-saarburg.de
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- History
- Geography
- Museums
- Coat of arms
- Verbandsgemeinden
- Towns and municipalities
- References
- External links
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 the west it borders Luxembourg. The district-free city Trier is surrounded by the district.
==History== The district was created in 1969 by merging the previous districts Trier and Saarburg.