"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" Marilyn. When I visited Trier in 1989, it was in Germany. Anyone wish to cnfirm?