Saarbrücken (German pronunciation: [zaːɐ̯ˈbʁʏkən], Luxembourgish: Saarbrécken [zaːɐ̯ˈbrækən] , French: Saarebruck [saʁ'bʁyk], Rhine Franconian: Saarbrigge [zɐ̯ːˈbrıgə]) is the capital of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is Saarland's administrative, commercial and cultural centre.
Population: 181,227
Latitude: 49° 14' 7.44" N
Longitude: 6° 58' 53.94" E
Saarland University (German: Universität des Saarlandes) is a modern research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland, and Homburg. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized…
The Brennender Berg (Burning Mountain) is a natural monument located in a deep and narrow gorge between Dudweiler and Sulzbach-Neuweiler in Saarland, Germany.
Saarbrücken Airport (IATA: SCN, ICAO: EDDR), or Flughafen Saarbrücken or Ensheim Airport in German, is a minor international airport in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland.
Zweibrücken Airport (IATA: ZQW, ICAO: EDRZ), or Flughafen Zweibrücken in German, is a minor international airport in Zweibrücken, Germany. Was the smaller of the two passenger airports in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the other being Frankfurt-…
The Völklingen Ironworks (German: Völklinger Hütte) is located in the German town of Völklingen, Saarland.
The Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, is located just outside of Saint-Avold, Moselle, France. It covers 113.5 acres (0.459 km2) and contains 10,489 graves, the largest number of any American World War II cemetery in Europe. Those interred di…
The Philippi Collection is a collection of clerical, religious and spiritual headdresses.
Saarländischer Rundfunk (Saarland Broadcasting – SR) is a public radio and television broadcaster serving the German Land (federated state) of Saarland.
Neue Bremm was a Nazi torture camp in Saarbrücken, designed to break prisoners who were not destined for extermination. Most prisoners were held for only a few weeks but during that time they were broken and sent on to Nazi concentration camps such …
Karlsbrunn is a German village, part of the municipality of Großrosseln, situated in the district of Saarbrücken, part of the federal state of Saarland.
Smartville is a purpose-built factory complex in Hambach, France, established in 1994 as a joint venture of Daimler-Benz and the Swiss watch manufacturer Swatch to produce the Smart car.
The Regionalverband Saarbrücken is a Kommunalverband besonderer Art, an integration of a district (Kreis) and a district-free town. It is located in the south of the Saarland, Germany.
Ludwigsparkstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Saarbrücken, Germany.
Ludwigskirche in Old Saarbrücken, Germany, is a Lutheran baroque style church. It is the symbol of the city and is considered to be one of the most important Protestant churches in Germany, along with the Dresden Frauenkirche and the St.
Neunkirchen is a Kreis (district) in the middle of the Saarland, Germany.
The Max Planck Institute for Informatics (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, abbreviated MPI-INF or MPII) is a research institute in computer science with a focus on algorithms and their applications in a broad sense. It hosts fundamental r…
Saarlouis (Sarrelouis in French) is a Kreis (district) in the middle of the Saarland, Germany.
The Longwave transmitter Europe 1 is the oldest privately owned radio station in Germany, situated between Felsberg and Berus/Saar, Germany. It transmits on 183 KHz with a power of 2000 kilowatts a French speaking programme, Europe 1 toward France. …