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Saarbrücken
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Coat of arms of Saarbrücken
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Administration
Country Germany
State Saarland
District Saarbrücken District
City subdivisions 20
Mayor Charlotte Britz (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 167.07 km2 (64.51 sq mi)
Elevation 230.1 m  (755 ft)
Population 180,515  (31 December 2006)
 - Density 1,080 /km2 (2,798 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SB
Postal codes 66001-66133
Area codes 0681, 06893, 06897, 06898, 06805
Website www.saarbruecken.de
Location of the town of Saarbrücken within Saarbrücken District district
Map
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
• Established
 ca 1120 12th century
• Passed to Nassau-Weilburg
 1353
• Occupied by France
 1793
• Annexed by France
 1797
• Passed to Prussian Grd
    Dchy Lwr Rhine
  
June 9 1815
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Bishopric of Metz Bishopric of Metz
Sarre (department)

Saarbrücken (French Sarrebruck) is a German city and a district in the state of Saarland.

It is also the capital of the Saarland. Saarbrücken has 180,000 inhabitants and is on the river Saar.

Images for kids

  • 20110418Roemerkastell Saarbruecken10

    Ruins of the Roman camp Römerkastell

  • Saarbrücken Halberg Mithrashöhle

    The Mithras shrine at Halberg hill

  • Saarbruecken-Ludwigskirche

    The Ludwigskirche (Ludwig Church)

  • 20111230Saarkran Saarbruecken07

    Saarkran, reconstructed next to William-Henry-Bridge in 1991.

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    Lulustein in 1871, commemorating Prince Louis Bonaparte's first cannon shot

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1979-020-24, Westwall, eingebautes MG

    Machine-gun emplacement of a bunker. Saarbrücken, 1940.

  • M24 Chaffee at Spicheren pic01

    M24, donated by Veterans of the 70th US-Infantry, facing ruins of fortifications at Spicheren Heights

  • Tbilisser-platz-saarbruecken

    Tbilisser Platz, Saarbrücken named after Tbilisi, Georgia

  • Friedenskirche03

    Friedenskirche, seen from Ludwigsplatz

  • SaarbrückenStJohann1

    St. John's Basilica

  • Saarbrucken saar 0126

    The Wilhelm-Heinrich-Bridge with a reconstructed river crane

  • Saarbruecken-alte-brucke2

    The Alte Brücke (Old Bridge)

  • Saarbruecken-StaatsTheater

    The Staatstheater (theatre)

  • Saarbahn johanniskirche

    The Saarbahn tramway

  • Saarbruecken-campus

    The campus of the Saarland University

  • DFKI 2

    The Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI), the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence

  • Saarbrücken Hbf 001

    The central station

  • Flughafen Saarbruecken 001

    The Saarbrücken Airport

  • Saarbrücken Hafenstraße

    Saarbrücken, Harbour Road

  • Schloss Saarbruecken blaue Stunde

    Saarbrücken Castle


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