Salmtal

Salmtal
Coat of arms
Salmtal
Location of Salmtal within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Coordinates: 49°55′40″N 06°50′54″E / 49.92778°N 6.84833°E / 49.92778; 6.84833Coordinates: 49°55′40″N 06°50′54″E / 49.92778°N 6.84833°E / 49.92778; 6.84833
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.	Wittlich-Land
Government
• Mayor	Reinhard Berg
Area
• Total	14.09 km2 (5.44 sq mi)
Elevation	181 m (594 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	2,359
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	54528
Dialling codes	06578
Vehicle registration	WIL
Website	www.salmtal.de

Salmtal is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It became well known countrywide for the football club FSV Salmrohr, who played in the Second Football Bundesliga in the 1986/1987 season.

The municipality lies in the Wittlich Depression in the valley of the river Salm (Salmtal in German – the municipality’s namesake) on the Autobahnen A 1 and A 60, and on the Koblenz–Trier line. Salmtal belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is in Wittlich, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.

Salmtal’s Ortsteile are Dörbach and Salmrohr.

In 1007, Salmrohr had its first documentary mention as Rore bei Seleheim (compare Sehlem), and in 1250, Dörbach had its first documentary mention as Derinbach. Beginning in 1794, both Dörbach and Salmrohr lay under French rule. In 1814 they were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. From 1947, they were part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. On 7 June 1969, the new municipality of Salmtal was formed out of the two former municipalities.