# Bitburg-Prüm

The Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm (Luxembourgish: Äifelkrees Béibreg-Prüm) is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) Luxembourg, Belgium and the districts of Euskirchen, Vulkaneifel, Bernkastel-Wittlich and Trier-Saarburg.

## History

There are three different historical regions: the abbey and the city of Prüm have been directly subordinate to the Holy Roman Emperor in medieval times; later the free city became the principality of Prüm, occupying large portions in the north.
The southwest including the town of Bitburg was a part of the Duchy of Luxemburg from the 10th to the 15th century. Later it was a part of the Seventeen Provinces and hence under Spanish and then Austrian rule. After the Napoleonic Wars the region was handed over to Prussia.
The eastern parts of the district, including the town of Kyllburg, were part of the Prince-bishopric of Trier.
When Prussia gained all these regions about 1815, it established the three districts of Bitburg, Prüm and Trier. In 1970 the districts of Bitburg and Prüm were merged with parts of the former district of Trier in order to form the present district.
On 1 January 2007 the full name of the district was changed to be Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm instead of Landkreis.

## Geography

The district covers the sparsely populated southwestern part of the Eifel Mountains. The portions along the western borders are occupied by a common German-Belgian nature park and a German-Luxembourgish nature park. A great number of rivers rise from the Schneifel in the northwest and from the Kyllwald in the east, and runs southward to the river Sauer (French: Sûre), which is an affluent of the Moselle.

## Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:
* The red cross symbolising the close city of Trier
* The golden tower from the arms of Bitburg
* The silver lamb from the arms of Prüm
* The blue and white pattern from the arms of Luxembourg

## Towns and municipalities

It consists of 234 municipalities, making it is the district in Germany with the most municipalities.
* Verband-free town
* Bitburg
Verbandsgemeinden :
| 1. Arzfeld ||||
| Arzfeld$^1$ Dackscheid Dahnen Daleiden Dasburg Eilscheid Eschfeld Euscheid Großkampenberg Hargarten Harspelt | Herzfeld Irrhausen Jucken Kesfeld Kickeshausen Kinzenburg Krautscheid Lambertsberg Lascheid Lauperath Leidenborn | Lichtenborn Lierfeld Lünebach Lützkampen Manderscheid Mauel Merlscheid Niederpierscheid Oberpierscheid Olmscheid Pintesfeld | Plütscheid Preischeid Reiff Reipeldingen Roscheid Sengerich Sevenig (Our) Strickscheid Üttfeld Waxweiler |
| 2. Bitburger Land [seat: Bitburg] ||||
| Badem Balesfeld Baustert Bettingen Bickendorf Biersdorf am See Birtlingen Brecht Brimingen Burbach Dahlem Dockendorf Dudeldorf Echtershausen Ehlenz Enzen Eßlingen Etteldorf | Feilsdorf Fließem Gindorf Gondorf Gransdorf Halsdorf Hamm Heilenbach Hütterscheid Hüttingen an der Kyll Idenheim Idesheim Ingendorf Kyllburg$^2$ Kyllburgweiler Ließem Malberg Malbergweich | Meckel Messerich Metterich Mülbach Nattenheim Neidenbach Neuheilenbach Niederstedem Niederweiler Oberkail Oberstedem Oberweiler Oberweis Olsdorf Orsfeld Pickließem Rittersdorf Röhl | Sankt Thomas Scharfbillig Schleid Seffern Sefferweich Seinsfeld Steinborn Stockem Sülm Trimport Usch Wettlingen Wiersdorf Wilsecker Wißmannsdorf Wolsfeld Zendscheid |
| 3. Südeifel ||||
| Affler Alsdorf Altscheid Ammeldingen an der Our Ammeldingen bei Neuerburg Bauler Berkoth Berscheid Biesdorf Bollendorf Burg Dauwelshausen Echternacherbrück Eisenach Emmelbaum Ernzen Ferschweiler | Fischbach-Oberraden Geichlingen Gemünd Gentingen Gilzem Heilbach Herbstmühle Holsthum Hommerdingen Hütten Hüttingen bei Lahr Irrel Karlshausen Kaschenbach Keppeshausen Körperich Koxhausen | Kruchten Lahr Leimbach Menningen Mettendorf Minden Muxerath Nasingen Neuerburg$^{1,2}$ Niedergeckler Niederraden Niederweis Niehl Nusbaum Obergeckler Peffingen Plascheid | Prümzurlay Rodershausen Roth an der Our Schankweiler Scheitenkorb Scheuern Sevenig bei Neuerburg Sinspelt Übereisenbach Uppershausen Utscheid Waldhof-Falkenstein Wallendorf Weidingen Zweifelscheid |
| 4. Prüm ||||
| Auw bei Prüm Bleialf Brandscheid Buchet Büdesheim Dingdorf Feuerscheid Fleringen Giesdorf Gondenbrett Großlangenfeld | Habscheid Heckhuscheid Heisdorf Hersdorf Kleinlangenfeld Lasel Masthorn Matzerath Mützenich Neuendorf Niederlauch | Nimshuscheid Nimsreuland Oberlascheid Oberlauch Olzheim Orlenbach Pittenbach Pronsfeld Prüm$^{1,2}$ Rommersheim Roth bei Prüm | Schönecken Schwirzheim Seiwerath Sellerich Wallersheim Watzerath Wawern Weinsheim Winringen Winterscheid Winterspelt |
| 5. Speicher ||||
| Auw an der Kyll Beilingen Herforst | Hosten Orenhofen Philippsheim | Preist Spangdahlem Speicher$^1$ | |
| $^1$seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; $^2$town ||||