Trier

Trier, historically cried in Inglis Treves; ; ; ; the Laitin adjective associated wi the ceety is Treverensis) is a ceety in Germany on the banks o the Moselle. It is the auldest ceety in Germany, foondit in or afore 16 BC.

Trier lies in a valley atween law vine-covered hills o ruddy saundstane in the wast o the state o Rhineland-Palatinate, near the border wi Luxembourg an athin the important Mosel wine region.

Wi an approximate population o 100,000 Trier is the fowert mucklest ceety in the state o Rhineland-Paltinate efter Mainz, Ludwigshafen, an Koblenz. The nearest muckle ceeties in Germany are Saarbrücken, some 80 km sootheast, an Koblenz, aboot 100 km northeast. The closest ceety tae Trier is the ceety o Luxembourg, some 50 km tae the soothwast.

International relations
Trier is a fellae member o the QuattroPole union o ceeties, alang wi Luxembourg, Saarbrücken, an Metz (neighbourin kintras: Luxembourg an France).

Twin touns – Sister ceeties

Trier is twinned wi:
 Metz, Fraunce syne 1957
 Gloucester, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1957
 Ascoli Piceno, Italy, syne 1958 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, syne 1968
 Pula-Pola, Croatia, syne 1971
 Fort Worth, Texas,  USA syne 1987 Weimar, Germany syne 1990
  Nagaoka, Japan, syne 2006
  Xiamen, Cheenae, syne 2010

 Namesakes 
 New Trier Tounship, USA. oreeginally settled bi fowk frae Trier.
 New Trier, USA settled bi fowk frae Trier aboot 1856.

References


Category:16 BC establishments
Category:Ceeties in Rhineland-Palatinate
Category:Roman touns an ceeties in Germany
Category:Warld Heritage Steids in Germany
Category:Historic Jewish commonties