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Trier is the oldest seat of a Christian bishop in Germany. In the Middle Ages, the Archbishop of Trier was an important ecclesiastical prince, controlling land from the French border to the Rhine. He was also one of the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire.

Trier is also the birthplace of the influential philosopher Karl Marx.

Established in Trier is the University of Trier, founded 1483, closed 1796 and started again in 1970.

4 External links

• The city's own website (in German and English)
• Karl-Marx-Haus (birth house and museum)

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