Wittlich
Sign in to saveWittlich (; Moselle Franconian: Wittlech) is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany, the seat of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district. Its historic town centre and the beauty of the surrounding countryside make the town a centre for tourism in southwest Germany.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Wittlich COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- Altes Rathaus am Markt, Wittlich.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Old Town Hall
- German location.image_plan
- Wittlich in WIL.svg
- German location.state
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- German location.district
- Bernkastel-Wittlich
- German location.elevation
- 160
- German location.area
- 49.63
- German location.postal_code
- 54516
- German location.area_code
- 06571
- German location.licence
- WIL
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 07 2 31 134
- German location.divisions
- 6
- German location.website
- www.wittlich.de
- German location.mayor
- Joachim Rodenkirch
- German location.leader_term
- 2017–25
- German location.party
- CDU
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Location
- Constituent communities
- History
- Building projects in town
- Politics
- Town council
- Coat of arms
- Town partnerships
- Culture and sightseeing
- Sightseeing
- Regular events
- ''Offener Kanal Wittlich''
- Economy and infrastructure
- Economy
- Established businesses
- Transport
- Famous people
- Honorary citizens
- Sons and daughters of the town
- Further reading
- References
- External links
Wittlich (; Moselle Franconian: Wittlech) is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany, the seat of the Bernkastel-Wittlich 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 middle centre for a feeder area of 56 municipalities in the Eifel and 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 Belgian border.