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Bitburg (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪtˌbʊʁk] ⓘ; French: Bitbourg; Luxembourgish: Béibreg [ˈbəɪbʀəɕ]) is a city in Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate approximately 25 km (16 mi.) northwest of Trier and 50 km (31 mi.) northeast of Luxembourg city.
Bitburger Land is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Bitburg, itself not part of the Verbandsgemeinde. It was formed on 1 July 2014 by the merger of the former Verbandsgemeinden Bitburg-Land and Kyllburg.
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 .
Bitburg-Land is a former Verbandsgemeinde (municipal association) in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was situated around the town Bitburg, which was the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde, but not a part of it. On 1 July 2014 it merged into the new Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land.
Along with Bitburg, Prussia gained the towns of Neuerburg, Sankt Vith, Schleiden, and Waxweiler. Altogether, the lands had a population of 50,000. [ 1 ] Today, these lands belong to both Germany and Belgium; the district of Eupen-Malmedy was ceded by Germany to Belgium in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles .
The Bitburg controversy concerned a ceremonial visit by Ronald Reagan, the incumbent President of the United States, to a German military cemetery in Bitburg, ...
Bitburg Airport was the most logical place—only 10 miles (16 km) down the road. [4] The USAF departed for the second time in September 1997, and Bitburg Airport was returned to civilian use. On September 15, 2008, the Ministry of Transport of Rhineland-Palatinate granted the airport contractor landing rights for aircraft with a maximum ...
Bitburger is a 4.8% abv Pilsner with annual sales of 1.2 million hectolitres (1.0 million US beer barrels). [citation needed] Although Germans generally prefer local breweries, it is a popular beer throughout western Germany, and is favored in many areas of North Rhine Westphalia even over Alt beer or Kölsch, which are popular in Düsseldorf and Cologne.