Saarbrücken facts for kids

County of Saarbrücken
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
Sarre (department)

Saarbrücken
Quick facts for kids Saarbrücken
	Coat of arms
	Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Saarland
District	Saarbrücken District
Subdivisions	20
Elevation	230.1 m (754.9 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)
• Total	180,374
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	66001-66133
Dialling codes	0681, 06893, 06897, 06898, 06805
Vehicle registration	SB
Website	www.saarbruecken.de

The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not wanted, the name may be written as Saarbruecken.

Saarbrücken is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is Saarland's administrative, commercial and cultural centre and is next to the French border.

Saarbrücken was created in 1909 by the merger of three towns, Saarbrücken, St. Johann, and Malstatt-Burbach. It was the industrial and transport centre of the Saar coal basin. Products included iron and steel, sugar, beer, pottery, optical instruments, machinery, and construction materials.

Historic landmarks in the city include the stone bridge across the Saar (1546), the Gothic church of St. Arnual, the 18th-century Saarbrücken Castle, and the old part of the town, the Sankt Johanner Markt (Market of St. Johann).

In the 20th century, Saarbrücken was twice separated from Germany: in 1920–35 as capital of the Territory of the Saar Basin and in 1947–56 as capital of the Saar Protectorate.

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Ruins of the Roman camp Römerkastell
The Mithras shrine at Halberg hill
The Ludwigskirche (Ludwig Church)
Saarkran, reconstructed next to William-Henry-Bridge in 1991.
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
Tbilisser Platz, Saarbrücken named after Tbilisi, Georgia
Friedenskirche, seen from Ludwigsplatz
St. John's Basilica
The Wilhelm-Heinrich-Bridge with a reconstructed river crane
The Alte Brücke (Old Bridge)
The Staatstheater (theatre)
The Saarbahn tramway
The campus of the Saarland University
The Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI), the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
The central station
The Saarbrücken Airport
Saarbrücken, Harbour Road
Saarbrücken Castle