Hermeskeil

Hermeskeil (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁməskaɪl]) is a city in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Hunsrück, approx. 25 km southeast of Trier. Its population is about 5,900.

Hermeskeil
Town
Coat of arms of Hermeskeil
Coat of arms
Location of Hermeskeil within Trier-Saarburg district
Hermeskeil is located in Germany
Hermeskeil
Hermeskeil
Hermeskeil is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Hermeskeil
Hermeskeil
Coordinates: 49°39′26″N 6°56′56″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictTrier-Saarburg
Municipal assoc.Hermeskeil
Subdivisions3
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Lena Weber[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total30.85 km2 (11.91 sq mi)
Elevation
540 m (1,770 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total6,820
 • Density220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
54411
Dialling codes06503
Vehicle registrationTR
Websitewww.hermeskeil.de

Data

Hermeskeil is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Hermeskeil.

The old locomotive depot, Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil is now a museum housing German steam engines.

The Flugausstellung aircraft museum displays more than 100 aircraft and is the largest private museum of that kind in Europe.

A Gaulish burial of the 1st century AD was discovered in a field near Hermeskeil in 2009.[3]

A Roman castrum has been identified in 2015: it is the only castrum created by Julius Caesar inside Magna Germania, when he crossed the Rhine river in 53 BC[4]

References
  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Trier-Saarburg, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 2 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.
  3. Axel Munsteiner, Sensationeller Fund im Ringgraben, 30 September 2009.
  4. Archaeologists find oldest Roman fort inside Germany


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