is a district in
Rhineland-Palatinate ,
Germany . It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of
Vulkaneifel ,
Cochem-Zell ,
Rhein-Hunsrück ,
Birkenfeld ,
Trier-Saarburg and
Bitburg-Prüm .
The district was established in
1969 by merging the former districts of Bernkastel and Wittlich.
The district is situated on both banks of the
Moselle River , which crosses the territory from southwest to northeast. On either sides the country is rising to the mountain chains of the
Eifel in the north and the
Hunsrück in the south. A great number of affluents come from the Eifel mountains and join the Moselle River. In the very south of the district there is the (818 m), the highest peak of the Hunsrück and of Rhineland-Palatinate.
At one time,
The Borough Of Milton Keynes was the partner region of the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich.
- Kreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, Jahrbuch 1982 (page 23ff.), 1982
