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Trier Valley

Trier
View over Trier
View over Trier
Coat of arms of Trier
Coat of arms
Trier   is located in Germany
Trier
Trier
Coordinates: 49°45′N 6°38′E / 49.750°N 6.633°E / 49.750; 6.633Coordinates: 49°45′N 6°38′E / 49.750°N 6.633°E / 49.750; 6.633
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Urban district
Government
 • Lord Mayor Wolfram Leibe (SPD)
Area
 • Total 117.13 km2 (45.22 sq mi)
Elevation 137 m (449 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 114,914
 • Density 980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Trevian
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 54290–54296 (except 54291)
Dialling codes 0651
Vehicle registration TR
Website www.trier.de
Largest groups of foreign residents
Country of birth Population (2013)
 Poland 688
 France 675
 Luxembourg 573
 Ukraine 476
 Russia 444
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Trier Kaiserthermen BW 1.JPG
Roman bath ruins in Trier.

Location Germany
Type Cultural
Criteria i, iii, iv, vi
Reference 367
UNESCO region Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription 1986 (10th Session)

Trier (German pronunciation: [ˈtʀiːɐ̯]; Luxembourgish: Tréier), formerly known in English as Treves (French: Trèves, IPA: [tʁɛv]), is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. Trier lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the border with Luxembourg and within the important Moselle wine region.

Founded by the Celts in the late-4th century BC as Treuorum, it was later conquered by the Romans in the late-1st century BC and renamed Trevorum or Augusta Treverorum (Latin for "The City of Augustus among the Treveri"). Trier may be the oldest city in Germany. It is also the oldest seat of a bishop north of the Alps. In the Middle Ages, the Archbishop-Elector of Trier was an important prince of the church, as the archbishop-electorate controlled land from the French border to the Rhine. The Archbishop-Elector also had great significance as one of the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire.


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