Bitburg (DE)

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Bitburg is a town (17.465 inhabitants end 2023)city in Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate approximately 25 km (16 mi.) northwest of Trier and 50 km (31 mi.) northeast of Luxembourg city. The American Spangdahlem Air Base is nearby.

In late December 1944, Bitburg was 85 percent destroyed by Allied bombing attacks, and later officially designated by the U.S. military as a "dead city." Subsequently, the town was occupied by Luxembourg soldiers, who were replaced by French forces in 1955.

In 1952 a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) base was opened at Bitburg by the U.S. Air Force. At the end of the 1980s, French troops were withdrawn and NATO took over the former French barracks. After the First Gulf War most of the USAF forces were moved to the larger Spangdahlem Air Base, about 5 miles east of Bitburg. In 1994, NATO turned the Bitburg Air Base over to the city, which devoted it to public works projects. The Kyll Valley railway was abandoned in the early 21st century, and part of it was converted into a bicycle path (Radweg).

Historically in the Prussian Rhineland province.

Postmarks in Germany

Postal code 54634

Slogan in 1956.

Slogan in 1959.

Occupation period

Bitburg used Postleitzahl 22b from Jul 1946 - 25 Oct 1956.

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Bitburg

Postmarks in German Empire

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Postmarks in North German Confederation

Until end 1871.

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Postmarks in Prussia Rheinland province

BITBURG Kreis used a Prussian code 138, District of Trier.

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WALLENDORF

Wallendorf (pronunciation: [ˈvalənˌdɔʁf]) is a small municipality (354 inhabitants end 2023) in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the Sauer river. Wallendorf was first mentioned in an old document from 1136 as "Vualcheresdorf". It is located on the German side of a bridge connecting it to the Luxembourgish town of Wallendorf-Pont. The bridge was of strategic importance during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.

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WALLENDORF REG.BEZ. TRIER used a Postal code 1917, Kreis Bitburg, District of Trier. It opened in May 1857.

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