Wittlich

The town of Wittlich is the seat of the Bernkastel Wittlich district in Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. Its historical town centre and the splendor of the encircling nation state make the metropolis a centre for tourism in southwest Germany. Wittlich is the middle centre for a feeder location of 56 municipalities in the Eifel and Moselle region with a populace of roughly 64,000. With some 18,000 population, Wittlich is the most important city between Trier and Koblenz and the fourth biggest between Mainz and the Belgian border.

The oldest recognized remnants of human agreement hobby come from the 3rd millennium BC. In Roman instances there stood right at the River Lieser, wherein the autobahn bridge is now, a stately villa rustica or countryside villa. In 1065, Wittlich had its first documentary point out. In 1300, Archbishop Elector Diether von Nassau of Trier granted Wittlich city rights. It had long been assumed, but, that Wittlich had already been granted metropolis rights in 1291, leading to the 700th anniversary celebrations in 1991.