▁ ▁Tour ism ▁ ▁The ▁id yl lic ▁location ▁and ▁the ▁proxim ity ▁to ▁tour ist ▁destin ations ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Mos elle , ▁T rier ▁and ▁the ▁Er bes k opf , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁relatively ▁short ▁distance ▁to ▁Luxemb ourg ▁and ▁France , ▁make ▁Th alf ang ▁a ▁popular ▁hol iday ▁destination . ▁ ▁Fam ous ▁people ▁ ▁S ons ▁and ▁daughters ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁ ▁Th alf ang ’ s ▁for em ost ▁son ▁is ▁the ▁ra bbi ▁and ▁phil os opher ▁Samuel ▁Hir sch ▁( 1 8 1 5 - 1 8 8 9 ). ▁The ▁German ▁engineer ▁and ▁chem ist ▁Wilhelm ▁K athol ▁died ▁in ▁Th alf ang ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁ ▁Municip ality ’ s ▁official ▁webpage ▁▁ ▁Category : B ern k ast el - W itt lich <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁el m ▁b orer ▁( S aper da ▁tr ident ata ) ▁is ▁a ▁species ▁of ▁be et le ▁in ▁the ▁family ▁Cer amb yc idae . ▁It ▁was ▁described ▁by ▁Oliv ier ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 5 . ▁It ▁is ▁known ▁from ▁Canada ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁It ▁fe eds ▁on ▁Ul mus ▁rub ra ▁and ▁Ul mus ▁amer icana . ▁It ▁acts ▁as ▁a ▁vector ▁for ▁the ▁fung us ▁O phi ost oma ▁ul mi , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁host ▁for ▁the ▁par as ito id ▁was p ▁C en oco el ius ▁s aper da e . ▁ ▁References ▁