Rittersdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate
Rittersdorf | |
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Location of Rittersdorf within Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm district | |
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| Coordinates: 49°59′52″N 06°29′45″E / 49.99778°N 6.49583°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm |
| Municipal assoc. | Bitburger Land |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Holger Klein[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.87 km2 (4.58 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 285 m (935 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,422 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 54636 |
| Dialling codes | 06561 |
| Vehicle registration | BIT |
| Website | Rittersdorf at the Bitburger Land website www.bitburgerland.de |

Rittersdorf is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany, a few miles from Bitburg.
The tenth-century Burg Rittersdorf (Rittersdorf Castle) in Rittersdorf nowadays houses a restaurant and a small museum.[3]
References
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 6 August 2021.
- ^ Bevölkerungsstand 31. Dezember 2023, Landkreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden; Fortschreibung des Zensus 2011 (in German), Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz, 2024
- ^ Burg Rittersdorf - Eifel.de (in German)





