Saarbrücken
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Location of Saarbrücken within Saarbrücken district | |
| Coordinates: 49°14′N 7°0′E / 49.233°N 7.000°ECoordinates: 49°14′N 7°0′E / 49.233°N 7.000°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saarland |
| District | Saarbrücken |
| Subdivisions | 20 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Charlotte Britz (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Town | 167.07 km2 (64.51 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 230.1 m (754.9 ft) |
| Population (2017-06-30) | |
| • Town | 180,623 |
| • Density | 1,081.12/km2 (2,800.09/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 329,593 [2] |
| • Metro | 700,000[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 66001–66133 |
| Vehicle registration | SB |
| Website | www |
County of Saarbrücken | |||||||||
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| 12th century–1797 | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Saarbrücken | ||||||||
| Common languages | Rhine Franconian; see language of the Saarland | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Joined Holy Roman Empire | 925 | ||||||||
• | ca 1120 12th century | ||||||||
• Passed to Nassau-Weilburg | 1353 | ||||||||
• Occupied by France | 1793 | ||||||||
• | 1797 | ||||||||
| June 9 1815 | |||||||||
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Saarbrücken (German: [zaːɐ̯ˈbʁʏkn̩] (
listen); French: Sarrebruck[3] [saʁbʁyk]; Rhine Franconian: Saarbrigge [zaːˈbʁɪɡə]; Latin: Saravipons) is a German city and a district in the state of Saarland.
The city is also the capital of the Saarland. Saarbrücken has 180,000 inhabitants. It is on the Saar River.
Saarbrücken Media
Ruins of the Roman camp Römerkastell
The Mithras shrine at Halberg hill
The Ludwigskirche (Ludwig Church)
Lulustein in 1871, commemorating Prince Louis Bonaparte's first cannon shot
Machine-gun emplacement of a bunker. Saarbrücken, 1940.
M24, donated by veterans of the 70th US Infantry, facing ruins of fortifications at Spicheren Heights
Saarkran, reconstructed next to William-Henry-Bridge in 1991
Results of the second round of the 2019 mayoral election.
Winning party by precinct in the 2019 city council election.
- LudwigsparkstadionSaarbrücken
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References
- ↑ Eurodistrict SaarMoselle
- ↑ [1] Archived 2018-06-19 at the Wayback Machine Saarland.de – Amtliche Einwohnerzahlen Stand 30.06.2017
- ↑ "Start | Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken". Saarbruecken.de (in français and Deutsch).
Other websites
Media related to Saarbrücken at Wikimedia Commons
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