Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Isle of Man, Cumbria, Toponymy in Great Britain, Bregenz, Place Names in Irish, Welsh Placenames, Cumbrian Toponymy, Bitburg, Celtic Toponymy, Vindobona, Blencathra, List of Celtic Place Names in Portugal, Vannes, Juliobriga, Buzet, Llyn, Crag, Brieg, Hercynia. Excerpt: item Coordinates: 495829N 63132E / 49.97472N 6.52556E / 49.97472; 6.52556 item Administration item Country: Germany item State: Rhineland-Palatinate item District: Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prm item Mayor: Joachim Streit item: item Basic statistics item Area: 47.54 km (18.36 sq mi) item Elevation: 320 m (1050 ft) item Population: 12,875 (31 December 2008) item - Density: 271 /km (701 /sq mi) item Other information item Time zone: CET /CEST (UTC+1 /+2 ) item Licence plate: BIT item Postal code: 54634 item Area code: 06561 item Website: end{sloppypar Bitburg (German pronunciation: is a city in Germany, capital of the district Bitburg-Prm, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .It is situated approx. 25 km (16 mi.) north-west of Trier, and 50 km (31 mi.) north-east of Luxembourg (city) . Two American airbases, Bitburg Air Base and Spangdahlem Air Base, are located nearby.History The citys name derives from its Celtic toponym, Beda .Bitburg originated approximately 2000 years ago as a stopover for traffic from Lyon, through Metz and Trier to Cologne . The first mentioned name was "Vicus Beda." Emperor Constantine I expanded the settlement to a road castle around 330, the central part of which forms the town centre to the present day. Bitburg is first documented only after the end of the Roman Empire around 715 as "castrum bedense." It subsequently became part of Franconia .In 1262, the castle gained municipal rights. In the middle of the tenth century the city came under the county of Luxembourg ... We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers. To get started finding Celtic Toponyms: Isle of Man, Cumbria, Toponymy in Great Britain, Bregenz, Place Names in Irish, Welsh Placenames, Cumbrian Toponymy, Bitburg, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.