Hermeskeil (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁməskaɪl]) is a city in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Hunsrück, approx. 25 km southeast of Trier. Its population is about 5,900.
Hermeskeil
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Hermeskeil within Trier-Saarburg district  | |
  Hermeskeil Show map of Germany  Hermeskeil Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Coordinates: 49°39′26″N 6°56′56″E / 49.65722°N 6.94889°E / 49.65722; 6.94889 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Trier-Saarburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Hermeskeil |
| Subdivisions | 3 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Lena Weber[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30.85 km2 (11.91 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 540 m (1,770 ft) |
| Population
(2022-12-31)[2]
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| • Total | 8,013 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes |
54411
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| Dialling codes | 06503 |
| Vehicle registration | TR |
| Website | www.hermeskeil.de |
Hermeskeil is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Hermeskeil.
The old locomotive depot, Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil is now a museum housing German steam engines.
The Flugausstellung aircraft museum displays more than 100 aircraft and is the largest private museum of that kind in Europe.
AGaulish burial of the 1st century AD was discovered in a field near Hermeskeil in 2009.[3]
A Roman castrum has been identified in 2015: it is the only castrum created by Julius Caesar inside Magna Germania, when he crossed the Rhine river in 53 BC[4]
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