Sankt translates as Saint.
"Birkenfeld (
English:
Birchfield) is a district (
Landkreis) in
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany. Its seat is the town of
Birkenfeld. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of
Sankt Wendel (
Saarland),
Trier-Saarburg,
Bernkastel-Wittlich,
Rhein-Hunsrück,
Bad Kreuznach and
Kusel.
After
World War I, the southern half of Sankt Wendel had to be ceded to the newly created
Saar Territory, and the small part remaining in Prussia was then officially called the
Restkreis Sankt Wendel ("remaining district of Sankt Wendel"). In 1937 the Oldenburgian District of Birkenfeld was merged with the remaining Sankt Wendel District to form the new Prussian District of Birkenfeld."
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