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<div>{{About|the municipality|the saint|Saint Vitus|the WWII battle|Battle of St. Vith|the canton|Eupen Sankt Vith}}<br />
{{Short description|City in the German-speaking Community of Belgium}}<br />
{{Infobox Belgium municipality<br />
|name = Sankt Vith<br />
|namefr = Saint Vith<br />
|picture = 0 Saint-Vith - Ville (1).jpg<br />
|picture-legend = View of St. Vith<br />
|map = Sankt-Vith Liège Belgium Map.svg<br />
|map-legend = Location of St. Vith in the province of Liège<br />
|arms = BE Sankt Vith COA.svg<br />
|flag = Flagge Sankt Vith.svg<br />
|province = [[Liège]]<br />
|arrondissement = [[Arrondissement of Verviers|Verviers]]<br />
|nis = 63067<br />
|mayor = Herbert Grommes ([[Humanist Democratic Centre|cdH]])<br />
|majority = NBA Grommes<br />
|postal-codes = 4780-4784<br />
|telephone-area = 080<br />
|web = [http://www.st.vith.be/ www.st.vith.be]<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|50|16|N|06|07|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}<br />
}}<br />
'''St. Vith''' ({{langx|de|Sankt Vith}} {{IPA|de|zaŋkt ˈfɪt|}}; {{langx|fr|Saint-Vith}} {{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ vit||LL-Q150 (fra)-Manestra-Saint-Vith.wav}}; {{langx|lb|Sankt Väit}} {{IPA|lb|ˌzɑŋkt ˈvæːɪ̯t|}}; {{langx|wa|Sint-Vit}}) is a city and [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[East Belgium]] located in the [[Wallonia|Walloon]] [[Liège Province|province of Liège]]. It was named after [[Saint Vitus]]. The majority language is German, as in the rest of the [[German-speaking Community of Belgium]]. <br />
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On January 1, 2006, St. Vith had a total population of 9,169. The total area is 146.93&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, giving a [[population density]] of 62 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>. The official language of the municipality is [[German language|German]].<br />
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The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|sub-municipalities]]: Sankt Vith, Crombach, Lommersweiler, Recht, and Schönberg.<br />
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==History==<br />
St. Vith was an important marketplace of the region by the 12th century and received [[German town law|town rights]] in 1350. The town was damaged by fires in 1543, 1602, and 1689. It was part of the [[Duchy of Luxemburg]] then of France until the defeat of French Emperor [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]. As a result of the [[Congress of Vienna]] it was given to the [[Kingdom of Prussia]].<br />
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St. Vith was transferred to Belgium on March 6, 1925, by the [[Treaty of Versailles]] after the defeat of the [[German Empire]] in [[World War I]].<br />
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[[File:117th Infantry North Carolina NG at St. Vith 1945.jpg|left|thumb|American soldiers in St. Vith during the Battle of the Bulge]]<br />
An important road and railway junction, St. Vith was [[Battle of St. Vith|fought over]] in the 1944 [[Battle of the Bulge]] during [[World War II]]. The [[United States Army]] defended the town against German assault for a few days, delaying the German attack plan, before eventually being forced to retreat. Once it was captured by [[Wehrmacht|German forces]], the town was bombed by the [[US Army Air Forces]] on 25 and 26 December 1944 and by [[RAF Bomber Command]] with 300 aircraft on 26 December.<ref>[http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/dec44.html "Bomber Command 60th Anniversary Battle Diary December 1944] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20070706011932/http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/dec44.html |date=2007-07-06 }}</ref> St. Vith was mostly destroyed during the ground battle and subsequent air attack. American forces retook the town on January 23, 1945. The only pre-war architecture remaining is the {{ill|Büchel Tower|fr|Tour Büchel|de|Büchelturm}}.<br />
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St. Vith is the setting for [[Michael Oren]]'s [[novel]], ''Reunion'', concerning a fictional reunion of an American battalion which participated in the Battle of the Bulge.<br />
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==Sister cities==<br />
* [[Kerpen]], North Rhine-Westphalia, {{GER}}<br />
* [[Teiuș]], Alba County, {{ROM}}<br />
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==Notable people==<br />
* [[Thierry Neuville]] (born 1988), Rally driver and 2024 [[World Rally Championship|WRC]] Champion<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of protected heritage sites in Sankt-Vith]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Commons category-inline}}<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060821112910/http://www.st.vith.be/index_english.htm Official website]<br />
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{{Geographic location<br />
|Centre = St. Vith<br />
|N = [[Malmedy]], [[Amel]]<br />
|NE = [[Büllingen]]<br />
|E = [[Auw bei Prüm]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[Rhineland-Palatinate|RP]])<br/>[[Oberlascheid]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[Rhineland-Palatinate|RP]])<br/>[[Bleialf]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[Rhineland-Palatinate|RP]])<br/>[[Mützenich (bei Prüm)|Mützenich]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[Rhineland-Palatinate|RP]])<br />
|SE = [[Winterscheid]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[Rhineland-Palatinate|RP]])<br/>[[Winterspelt]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[Rhineland-Palatinate|RP]])<br />
|S = [[Burg-Reuland]]<br />
|W = [[Vielsalm]] ([[Luxembourg (Belgium)|WLX]])<br />
|NW = [[Stavelot]]<br/>[[Trois-Ponts]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Municipalities in Liège}}<br />
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