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{{Infobox German location
|type             = Ortsgemeinde
|image_photo     =
|image_coa          = DEU Breit COA.svg
|coordinates     = {{coord|49|46|33.52|N|06|54|20.85|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Breit in WIL.svg
|state      = Rheinland-Pfalz
|district       = Bernkastel-Wittlich
|Verbandsgemeinde= Thalfang am Erbeskopf
|elevation            = 400 
|area          = 4
|postal_code             = 54426
|area_code         = 06509
|licence             = WIL
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 2 31 202
|website           = [https://www.og-breit.de/ www.og-breit.de]
|mayor             = Christine Paulußen<ref name=mayor>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/2310000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 6 August 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2019&ndash;24
|party             = 
}}
[[File:Breit.jpg|thumb|Breit]]
'''Breit''' ({{IPA|de|bʁaɪt|-|De-breit2.ogg}}) is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a [[Municipalities of Germany|municipality]] belonging to a ''[[Verbandsgemeinde]]'', a kind of collective municipality – in the [[Bernkastel-Wittlich]] [[Districts of Germany|district]] in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]].

== Geography ==

The municipality lies in the [[Hunsrück]] on a knoll about 400&nbsp;m above [[sea level]] and thereby some 150&nbsp;m above the bottom of the Kleine Dhron river valley. Breit belongs to the [[Thalfang am Erbeskopf|''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Thalfang am Erbeskopf]], whose seat is in the municipality of [[Thalfang]].

== History ==
In the early 13th century, Breit had its first documentary mention in the name “Conrad von Breit” in a record from [[St. Maximin's Abbey, Trier|St. Maximin’s Abbey]]. After the [[French Revolution]], the [[Rhine]]’s left bank, and along with it Breit, were ceded to [[France]] in 1794 and 1795. Through a law from 26 March 1798, the French abolished [[Feudalism|feudal]] rights in their zone of occupation. After French rule ended, the village passed in 1814 to the Kingdom of [[Prussia]]. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded [[States of Germany|state]] of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]. Since administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate in 1969, Breit has belonged to the [[Thalfang am Erbeskopf|''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Thalfang am Erbeskopf]] in the [[Bernkastel-Wittlich]] district. Formerly it had been part of the ''[[Amt (country subdivision)|Amt]]'' of Klüsserath, which in the course of the administrative reform was abolished.

== Politics ==

=== Municipal council ===
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by [[Plurality voting system|majority vote]] at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.<ref>[http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/2310620200.html Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat]</ref>

=== Mayor ===
The mayor is Christine Paulußen.<ref name=mayor/>

=== Coat of arms ===
The municipality’s [[Coat of arms|arms]] might be described thus: Tierced in mantle, dexter argent a cross gules, sinister argent an oak eradicated vert, and in base a bicapitated eagle’s head(s) erased Or langued of the second.<ref>[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/b/breit.htm Description and explanation of Breit’s arms]</ref>

== Culture and sightseeing==
In Breit stands the ''Kugelbaum'', a roughly 200-year-old [[oak]]. The local [[sport club]] is ''FC Büdlich-Breit-Naurath''. Moreover, there are a music club, a church choir, a theatre club and the promotional association of the Breit volunteer [[fire brigade]].

Running by Breit is the Via Ausonia (or ''Ausoniusweg'' in [[German language|German]]), a hiking trail – formerly a Roman road – leading from Trier to [[Bingen am Rhein]] and named after the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] poet and state official [[Ausonius|Decimus Magnus Ausonius]], who between AD 365 and 368 travelled in the area and described it.

== Economy and infrastructure ==

=== Transport ===
A long-distance transport link is provided by the Mehring [[Autobahn]] [[interchange (road)|interchange]] ([[Bundesautobahn 1|A&nbsp;1]]) some 8&nbsp;km away. The nearest [[railway station]] is the main station in [[Trier]], 25&nbsp;km from Breit. Breit is structured as a ''Haufendorf'', or “clustered village”.

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Breit}}
* {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}

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