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 | |
| • 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 |
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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] 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
- 2018-06-28 Saarland karte (V1.11).png
Location of Saarbrücken within the Saarland
- 20110418Roemerkastell Saarbruecken10.jpg
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
- 20111230Saarkran Saarbruecken07.jpg
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
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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