Reil, Germany

Reil
Coat of arms of Reil
Location of Reil within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Reil is located in Germany
Reil
Reil
Reil is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Reil
Reil
Coordinates: 50°1′19″N 7°6′56″E / 50.02194°N 7.11556°E / 50.02194; 7.11556
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.Traben-Trarbach
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Elke Schnabel[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total12.14 km2 (4.69 sq mi)
Elevation
110 m (360 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total995
 • Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56861
Dialling codes06542
Vehicle registrationWIL
Websitewww.reil-mosel.de
Reil, seen from the south

Reil is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Reil is strongly characterized by winegrowing and tourism. It was the second capital of the Kröver Reich, a Carolingian crown estate that existed until the French Revolution.

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 8 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.