Facts in brief:
Located in wooded area at junction of Rhein & Mosel rivers; was Roman settlement; seat of Frankish kings; ruled by archbishops of Trier
from 1018; occupied by French in 1794 & settled by emigrés; ruled by Prussia from 1815; was badly damaged in WW II.
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