Hermeskeil
Encyclopedia
Hermeskeil is a town 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 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.
Trier-Saarburg
Trier-Saarburg is a district in the west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bitburg-Prüm, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Birkenfeld, Sankt Wendel , and Merzig-Wadern . To the west it borders Luxembourg...
district, in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated in the Hunsrück
Hunsrück
The Hunsrück is a low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the river valleys of the Moselle , the Nahe , and the Rhine . The Hunsrück is continued by the Taunus mountains on the eastern side of the Rhine. In the north behind the Moselle it is continued by the Eifel...
, approx. 25 km southeast of Trier
Trier
Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....
. Its population is about 5,900.
Hermeskeil is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
("collective municipality") Hermeskeil
Hermeskeil (Verbandsgemeinde)
Hermeskeil is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district Trier-Saarburg, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Hermeskeil....
.
The old locomotive depot, Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil
Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil
Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil is a small, Prussian locomotive depot at Hermeskeil, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany that dates from 1888...
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
Gallia Belgica
Gallia Belgica was a Roman province located in what is now the southern part of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, northeastern France, and western Germany. The indigenous population of Gallia Belgica, the Belgae, consisted of a mixture of Celtic and Germanic tribes...
burial of the 1st century AD was discovered in a field near Hermeskeil in 2009.