Saarbrücken

County of Saarbrücken
*Grafschaft Saarbrücken* (de)
*Comté de Sarrebruck* (fr)
*Grofschaft Saarbrécken* (lb)
County of Saarbrücken Grafschaft Saarbrücken (de); Comté de Sarrebruck (fr); Grofschaft Saarbrécken (lb)
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
• Passed to Prussian Grd; Dchy Lwr Rhine	; June 9 1815
Preceded by	Succeeded by
Bishopric of Metz	Bishopric of Metz
Sarre (department)	File:Flag of France.svg

City
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	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
• City	167.07 km2 (64.51 sq mi)
Elevation	230.1 m (754.9 ft)
Population (2017-06-30)
• City	180,623
• Density	1,081.12/km2 (2,800.09/sq mi)
• Urban	329,593
• Metro	700,000
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	66001–66133
Vehicle registration	SB
Website	www.saarbruecken.de

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Saarbrücken (German: [zaːɐ̯ˈbʁʏkn̩] ( listen); French: [Sarrebruck] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)^[3] [saʁbʁyk]; Rhine Franconian: Saarbrigge [zaːˈbʁɪɡə]; Latin: [Saravipons] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) 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

Location of Saarbrücken within the Saarland
Ruins of the Roman camp Römerkastell
Saarbrücken Halberg Mithrashöhle.JPG

The Mithras shrine at Halberg hill
Die Gartenlaube (1871) b 753.jpg

Lulustein in 1871, commemorating Prince Louis Bonaparte's first cannon shot
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1979-020-24, Westwall, eingebautes MG.jpg

Machine-gun emplacement of a bunker. Saarbrücken, 1940.
M24 Chaffee at Spicheren pic01.JPG

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
2019 Saarbrücken mayoral election (2nd round).svg

Results of the second round of the 2019 mayoral election
2019 Saarbrücken City Council election.svg

Winning party by precinct in the 2019 city council election
Ludwigsparkstadion, Blick von der Osttribüne (Juli 2021).JPG

Ludwigspark, Blick von der Osttribüne

↑ 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).

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City
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Flag of Flag Coat of arms of Coat of arms
Location of Saarbrücken within Saarbrücken district 250px

Coordinates: 49°14′N 7°0′E / 49.233°N 7.000°E / 49.233; 7.000Coordinates: 49°14′N 7°0′E / 49.233°N 7.000°E / 49.233; 7.000
Country	Germany
State	Saarland
District	Saarbrücken
Subdivisions	20
Government
• Mayor	Charlotte Britz (SPD)
Area
• City	167.07 km² (64.51 sq mi)
Elevation	230.1 m (754.9 ft)
Population (2017-06-30)
• City	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.saarbruecken.de