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Until 2014, Trier was home to Germany's largest Roman festival, Brot und Spiele (German for Bread and Games – a translation of the famous Latin phrase panem et circenses from the satires of Juvenal). Trier has been the base for the German round of the World Rally Championship since 2002, with the rally's presentation held next to the Porta Nigra.
Unlike almost all other Roman cities in today's Germany, Augusta Treverorum did not belong to one of the two Germanic provinces, but to Gaul.The city is located in a wide bend of the Moselle River, where a wide, flood-free valley plain lies between the river and the surrounding heights of the Hunsrück.
The region was created in 1815 as part of the Prussian Rhineland.Until 1920 the bulk of what then became the Territory of Saar Basin was part of the Trier Region. Only the east of the Saar Territory, today's Saar-Palatinate district, formerly the western fringes of the then Bavarian Rhenish Palatinate, was previously no part of the Trier Region.
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district Four towns and 100 municipalities make up the district in southwestern Germany. [ 2 ] The list contains the coats of arms , the names, the district areas , exemplarily the population figures from 1950 as well as the current population figures:
Printable version; In other projects ... Germany: State: Rhineland-Palatinate: ... Mehring is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district of the Rhineland ...
Map showing the Roman city plan of Augusta Treverorum The Porta Nigra built 160-180 AD The Aula Palatina (Constantine Basilica) built during the reign of Constantine I (306-337 AD) The Roman Bridge across the Moselle River
Trier-Land is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the border with Luxembourg , north and west of Trier .
The Trier Amphitheater is a Roman amphitheater in Trier, Germany. It is designated as part of the Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier UNESCO World Heritage Site as a testimony to the importance of Trier as a major Roman city north of the Alps.