Trier is still in Germany and has been since 1815 when Prussia annexed east half of Luxembourg along with the city. Before Luxembourg, it was part of the Elector of Trier (Archbishop of Trier was one of 7 Electors of Holy Roman Empire.) For a good length of time before and after A.D. 300, Trier was the seat of the Roman Empire for a good length of time. Emperor Constantine I the Great made his home in Trier. You will find Roman ruins and villages all over in Trier area, stretching all the way to Switzerland on the Left Bank of the Rhein, many villages have names ending in -weiler. David Samuelsen On 9/20/2011 1:32 PM, [email protected] wrote: > "Right. It used to be in Germany. The West Bank of the Rhine has been fought over by France and Germany . > Before 1789 and the French Revolution, it was in Germany [or part of the Holy Roman Empire.] In 1894 it became one of four Rhine provinces that became a part of France. In 1814, the Congress of Vienna gave the province back to Germany. I am not sure when it became part of France again. > This general area is where some of my ancestor lived, and I have tried to trace it at least up to the time my ancestors emigrated to the US. The last one was here about 1870 + or -, and the Franco Prussian War about 1870 [I think] gave the Rhineland back to Germany. > > Marilyn Kline Washington"