Editing Trier (section)

{{short description|City in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany}}
{{Other uses}}
{{redirect|Treves|other uses|Treves (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox German place
|German_name = <small> {{nativename|lb|Tréier}}</small>
|type               = City
|image_photo       = {{multiple image
|perrow = 1/2/2/1
|border = infobox
|total_width = 280
|image1 = Trier-Blick-vom Weishaus.JPG
|caption1 = Trier skyline
|image2 = Porta Nigra morgens (100MP).jpg
|caption2 = [[Porta Nigra]]
|image3 = Trier Konstantinbasilika BW 2017-06-16 14-07-56.jpg
|caption3 = [[Aula Palatina]]
|image4 = Trier - Dom & Liebfrauenkirche.jpg
|caption4 = [[Trier Cathedral]] and [[Liebfrauenkirche, Trier|Liebfrauenkirche]]
|image5 = Trier Marx Haus.jpg
|caption5 = [[Karl Marx House]]
|image6 = Hauptmarkt Trier.jpg
|caption6 = Trier market place
}}
|image_flag         = Flagge Trier.svg
|image_coa          = DEU Trier COA.svg
|coordinates        = {{coord|49|45|24|N|06|38|29|E|display=inline,title}}
|demonym            = Trevian
|state              = Rhineland-Palatinate
|district           = Kreisfreie Stadt
|year               = 16 BC
|elevation          = 137
|area               = 117.06
|postal_code        = 54290–54296 (except 54291) 
|area_code          = 0651
|licence            = TR
|Gemeindeschlüssel  = 07 2 11 000
|website            = [https://www.trier.de/ www.trier.de]
|mayor              = Wolfram Leibe<ref>[https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/trier/oberbuergermeisterwahl-in-trier-am-sonntag-100.html Wolfram Leibe (SPD) bleibt Oberbürgermeister in Trier] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008013010/https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/trier/oberbuergermeisterwahl-in-trier-am-sonntag-100.html |date=2022-10-08 }}, SWR Aktuell, 25 September 2022.</ref>
|leader_term        = 2023&ndash;31
|party              = SPD
|Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister
}}
'''Trier''' ({{IPAc-en|t|r|ɪər}} {{respell|TREER}},<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190402052247/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/trier "Trier"] (US) and {{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Trier |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182044/https://www.lexico.com/definition/trier |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-22 |title=Trier |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Trier|access-date=April 2, 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|de|tʁiːɐ̯|lang|Trier.ogg}}; {{langx|lb|Tréier}} {{IPA|lb|ˈtʀəɪɐ||Lb-Tréier.ogg}}), formerly and traditionally known in English as '''Trèves''' ({{IPAc-en|t|r|ɛ|v}} {{respell|TREV}}, {{IPA|fr|tʁɛv|lang}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190402052249/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/treves "Trèves"] (US) and {{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Tr%C3%A8ves |title=Trèves |dictionary=[[Lexico|Oxford Dictionaries]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Trèves|access-date=April 2, 2019}}</ref>) and '''Triers''' (see also [[Names of Trier in different languages|names in other languages]]), is a city on the banks of the [[Moselle (river)|Moselle]] in [[Germany]]. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red [[sandstone]] in the west of the state of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], near the border with [[Luxembourg]] and within the important [[Mosel (wine region)|Moselle wine region]].

Founded by the [[Ancient Romans|Romans]] in the late 1st century BC as ''[[Augusta Treverorum]]'' ("The City of [[Augustus]] among the [[Treveri]]"), Trier is considered Germany's oldest city.<ref name="Trier website">{{cite web |url=http://redaktion.trier.de/praefectus/trier?tourist_en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020808151331/http://redaktion.trier.de/praefectus/trier?tourist_en |archive-date=2002-08-08 |url-status=dead |title=Stadt Trier – City of Trier – La Ville de Trèves &#124; Website of the Municipality of Trier |author=Rathaus der Stadt Trier |access-date=2015-08-26 }}</ref>{{refn|An honor that is contested by [[Cologne]], [[Kempten]], and [[Worms, Germany|Worms]].}} It is also the oldest [[cathedral|seat]] of a [[bishop]] north of the [[Alps]]. Trier was one of the four capitals of the Roman Empire during the [[Tetrarchy]] period in the late 3rd and early 4th centuries.<ref name = "unesco"/> In the [[Middle Ages]], the [[archbishop-elector of Trier]] was an important [[prince of the Church]] who controlled land from the French border to the [[Rhine]]. The archbishop-elector of Trier also had great significance as one of the seven [[prince-elector|electors]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Because of its significance during the Roman and Holy Roman empires, several monuments and cathedrals within Trier are listed as a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].<ref name = "unesco">{{cite web |url = https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/367 |title = Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier |website = UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher = United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |access-date = 22 May 2022}}</ref>

With an approximate population of 110,000, Trier is the fourth-largest city in its state, after [[Mainz]], [[Ludwigshafen]], and [[Koblenz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf|title=Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010|work=[[Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz]]|year=2011|language=de|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131082852/http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf|archive-date=2012-01-31}}</ref> The nearest major cities are [[Luxembourg City]] ({{convert|50|km|0|abbr=on|disp=or}} to the southwest), [[Saarbrücken]] ({{convert|80|km|0|abbr=off|disp=or}} southeast), and [[Koblenz]] ({{convert|100|km|0|abbr=on|disp=or}} northeast).

The [[University of Trier]], the administration of the [[Trier-Saarburg]] district and the seat of the ADD (''Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion''), which until 1999 was the borough authority of Trier, and the [[Academy of European Law]] (ERA) are all based in Trier. It is one of the five "[[Central place theory|central places]]" of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Along with Luxembourg, [[Metz]] and Saarbrücken, fellow constituent members of the {{ill|QuattroPole|de}} union of cities, it is central to the greater region encompassing [[Saar-Lor-Lux]] ([[Saarland]], [[Lorraine]] and [[Luxembourg]]), Rhineland-Palatinate, and [[Wallonia]].