Reil, Germany

Reil
Location of Reil within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Reil
Reil
Coordinates: 50°1′19″N 7°6′56″E / 50.02194°N 7.11556°E / 50.02194; 7.11556
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.Traben-Trarbach
Government
  Mayor (201924) Elke Schnabel (CDU)
Area
  Total
12.14 km2 (4.69 sq mi)
Elevation
110 m (360 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)
  Total
959
  Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56861
Dialling codes06542
Vehicle registrationWIL
Websitewww.reil-mosel.de

Reil is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Reil is strongly characterized by winegrowing and tourism. It was the second capital of the Kröver Reich, a Carolingian crown estate that existed until the French Revolution.