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St. Vith

City in the German-speaking Community of Belgium

Summary

City in the German-speaking Community of Belgium

Field	Value
name	Sankt Vith
namefr	Saint Vith
picture	0 Saint-Vith - Ville (1).jpg
picture-legend	View of St. Vith
map	Sankt-Vith Liège Belgium Map.svg
map-legend	Location of St. Vith in the province of Liège
arms	BE Sankt Vith COA.svg
flag	Flagge Sankt Vith.svg
province	Liège
arrondissement	Verviers
nis	63067
mayor	Herbert Grommes (cdH)
majority	NBA Grommes
postal-codes	4780-4784
telephone-area	080
web	www.st.vith.be
coordinates

the municipality

|picture-legend = View of St. Vith |map-legend = Location of St. Vith in the province of Liège |postal-codes = 4780-4784 |telephone-area = 080 St. Vith ( ; ; ; ) is a city and municipality of East Belgium located in the Walloon province of Liège. It was named after Saint Vitus. The majority language is German, as in the rest of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.

On January 1, 2006, St. Vith had a total population of 9,169. The total area is 146.93 km2, giving a population density of 62 inhabitants per km2. The official language of the municipality is German.

The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Sankt Vith, Crombach, Lommersweiler, Recht, and Schönberg.

History

St. Vith was an important marketplace of the region by the 12th century and received town rights in 1350. The town was damaged by fires in 1543, 1602, and 1689. It was part of the Duchy of Luxemburg then of France until the defeat of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. As a result of the Congress of Vienna it was given to the Kingdom of Prussia.

St. Vith was transferred to Belgium on March 6, 1925, by the Treaty of Versailles after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I.

M5A1 "Stuart" tank]] on their march to recapture the town of [[St. Vith]]<nowiki/> during the [[Battle of the Bulge]], January 1945.

An important road and railway junction, St. Vith was fought over in the 1944 Battle of the Bulge during World War II. The United States Army defended the town against German assault for a few days, delaying the German attack plan, before eventually being forced to retreat. Once it was captured by German forces, the town was bombed by the US Army Air Forces on 25 and 26 December 1944 and by RAF Bomber Command with 300 aircraft on 26 December. St. Vith was mostly destroyed during the ground battle and subsequent air attack. American forces retook the town on January 23, 1945. The only pre-war architecture remaining is the .

St. Vith is the setting for Michael Oren's novel, Reunion, concerning a fictional reunion of an American battalion which participated in the Battle of the Bulge.

Sister cities

Kerpen, North Rhine-Westphalia,
Teiuș, Alba County,

Notable people

Thierry Neuville (born 1988), Rally driver and 2024 WRC Champion
Bruno Thiry (born 1962), Rally driver and 2003 ERC Champion

References

[http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/dec44.html "Bomber Command 60th Anniversary Battle Diary December 1944] {{webarchive. link. (2007-07-06)

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