DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Rheinland-Pfalz	Rhineland-Palatinate
Landkreis: Cochem-Zell

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Treis-Karden is situated at an elevation of 87 m on the river Mosel, about 10 km northeast of the district town Cochem and about 71 km northwest of Mainz, the capital of Germany's state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The municipality was formed in 1969 by a merger of the formerly independent municipalities Treis and Karden and has a population of about 2,200 (2022). Until 2014 Treis-Karden was part of the Verbandsgemeinde (collective municipality) of the same name. After the collective municipality's dissolution, Treis-Karden is part of the collective municipality Cochem.

During the Middle Ages, Treis was the centre of the Trechirgau region. After many decades of conflict between rival count families, Treis came under the rule of the archbishops of Trier in 1148 and remained within the Electorateof Trier until the end of the 18th century. In 1794 Treis (together with Karden) came under French rule and in 1798 became chef-lieu of the eponymous canton within the département de Rhin-et-Moselle. Following the Congress of Vienna (1815) the region became part of Prussia. After the end of World War II, the region became part of the newly formed German state of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate). Treis and Karden were merged in 1969 into the new municipality Treis-Karden.

The Catholic parish church of Sankt Johannes der Täufer (St. John the Baptist) [background left, barely visible] was built in 1823–1831 by the architect Johann Claudius von Lassaulx.

The Mosel bridge of Treis [foreground right] was already planned in 1878, but was completed only in 1925. In 1945 the bridge was blown up by the Germa army to prevent American troops to cross the river. After the war, the bridge was restored in 1946.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treis-Karden]