France succeeded in finally claiming Trier in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars, and the electoral archbishopric was dissolved.
The university, dissolved in 1797, was restarted in the 1970s, while the Cathedral of Trier was reopened in 1974.
After the Napoleonic Wars ended in 1815, Trier passed to the Kingdom of Prussia.
Karl Marx, the German philosopher and one of the founders of Marxism, was born in the city in 1818. As part of the Prussian Rhineland, Trier developed economically during the 19th century.
The city rose in revolt during the revolutions of 1848 in the German states, although the rebels were forced to concede.
It became part of the German Empire in 1871. The synagogue on Zuckerbergstrasse was looted during the November 1938 Kristallnacht and later completely destroyed in a bomb attack in 1944.
It became part of the German Empire in 1871. The synagogue on Zuckerbergstrasse was looted during the November 1938 Kristallnacht and later completely destroyed in a bomb attack in 1944.
Multiple Stolperstein have been installed in Trier to commemorate those murdered and exiled during the Shoah In June 1940 over 60,000 British prisoners of war, captured at Dunkirk and Northern France, were marched to Trier, which became a staging post for British soldiers headed for German prisoner-of-war camps.
It became part of the German Empire in 1871. The synagogue on Zuckerbergstrasse was looted during the November 1938 Kristallnacht and later completely destroyed in a bomb attack in 1944.
Trier was heavily bombed and bombarded in 1944 during World War II.
The university, dissolved in 1797, was restarted in the 1970s, while the Cathedral of Trier was reopened in 1974.
The university, dissolved in 1797, was restarted in the 1970s, while the Cathedral of Trier was reopened in 1974.
Trier officially celebrated its 2,000th anniversary in 1984.
The nearest major cities are Luxembourg ( to the southwest), Saarbrücken ( southeast), and Koblenz ( 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.
Landesarchivverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz 2000.
As a result of the European heat wave in 2003, the highest temperature recorded was 39 °C on 8 August of that year.
The local councils nevertheless have the freedom to undertake limited measures within the bounds of their districts and their budgets. The districts of Trier with area and inhabitants (December 31, 2009): === Climate === Trier has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb), but with greater extremes than the marine versions of northern Germany.
On December 1, 2020, 5 people were killed by an allegedly drunk driver during a vehicle-ramming attack. == Geography == 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.
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