Nittel

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Nittel

Location of Nittel within Trier-Saarburg district

Coordinates: 49°39′10″N 6°26′43″E / 49.65267°N 6.44538°ECoordinates: 49°39′10″N 6°26′43″E / 49.65267°N 6.44538°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Hans-Josef Wietor (Christian Democratic Union (Germany)CDU)

Area

• Total

16.98 km² (6.56 sq mi)

Elevation

180 m (590 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

2,405

• Density

140/km² (370/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

54453

06583, 06584

Website

Nittel (Luxembourgisch: Nëttel), on the Upper Moselle, is an Ortsgemeinde ("village municipality") in the Landkreis [county] of Trier-Saarburg in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde [United Municipalities] of Konz. The place, located between dolomite and limestone cliffs, is a nationally recognized resort.

Nittel (without subdivisions: 1924 residents, 31 Dec 2008) lies 15 miles (24 km.) south of Trier on the Upper Moselle, which also forms the eastern boundary of Luxembourg. On the opposite side of the river are the Gemeinde [Municipality] of Wormeldange and the village of Machtum. On the Luxembourg side, the borough consists of the district of Rehlingen (180 inhabitants, 31 Dec. 2008), which lies in the south on the B 419 and, lying on the plateau, the predominantly agricultural district of Köllig (153 residents, 31 Dec 2008). Between Nittel and Onsdorf lies the lookout point, Höcht (1279.53 feet or 390 metres above sea level).

The area of the present Township of Nittel was proven to have been settled since the Stone Age. Numerous finds (pottery, belt buckles) provide the evidence of a Roman settlement from about 2,000 years ago.

Nittel was mentioned for the first time with the name of Nitele in 1000 in a document by the Archbishop of Trier, Ludolf. A copy of the original can be found in the City Archives of Trier; it was exhibited during the ceremonies in 2000 at the city community in Nittel.

The history of Nittel is several centuries long with numerous administrative changes and military conflicts. The Thirty Years War was a particularly bad time for the Upper Moselle river valley with occupations, murders, fires, pillage and famines. Nittlel itself belonged to the Duchy of Lorraine several times, to France several more times, and even Luxembourg (as a part of the Spanish and later Austrian Netherlands) a couple of times. The changes finally stopped in 1816, when the Congress of Vienna awarded Nittel to Prussia. Nittel became German at the end of World War I after the fall of Prussia.

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