Trier, probably Germany’s oldest city

29 March 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Sustainability, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  5 minutes

Trier Palace © Berthold Werner

Trier Palace © Berthold Werner

Trier is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BCE. Trier lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of ruddy sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the German border with the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (some 15 km distance) and within the important Mosel wine-growing region. Trier sits in a hollow midway along the Moselle valley, with the most significant portion of the city on the east bank of the river. Wooded and vineyard-covered slopes stretch up to the Hunsrück plateaux in the South and the Eifel in the North.   read more…

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