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Saarbrücken (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 49 14 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.2333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 7.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The German city of Saarbrücken is situated on the Saar river at the mouth of the Sulz, about 39 miles southeast of Trier. It was a Celtic and then a Roman river crossing, later settled by German Frankish kings who built a castle there in the 10th century. The town grew around the castle, and received its charter in 1321.The bishops of Metz and counts of Saarbrücken ruled it from the 14th century to 1793 when France invaded it and occupied it until it went to Prussia in 1815. With the industrial revolution it produced large amounts of coal, iron, and later steel. After World War I it became capital of the Saarland. It was bombed by the Allies in World War II, but has since been rebuilt and once again become a center of iron and steel industries. It also produces beer, cement, coal, and optical instruments. Surviving historic architecture includes a 13th-century Gothic church, an 18th-century castle, and an 18th-century town hall. It has a university founded in 1948. The calculated population for 2005 was 181,779. |
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| Saarbrücken (preferred,C,V)
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| Sarrebruck (C,V)
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| Sarrabrucca (H,V)
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............ | name of Frankish royal castle, refers to bridge across the river dating from Roman times |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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Celtic and Roman settlements were in area, city developed around Frankish castle, chartered in 1321, merged with neighbors 1909 |
| city (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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since 1935 |
| industrial center (C) |
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for iron and steel industries, also produces cement, optical instruments, sugar, beer, pottery, clothing, soap and printing |
| commercial center (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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of great Saar coal-mining region |
| transportation center (C) |
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| university center (C) |
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founded in 1948, city also has technical colleges |
| archaeological site (C) |
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contains Roman remains from 1st and 3rd cen. CE |
| battlefield (H) |
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site of major fighting during February-March, 1945 |
| capital (H) |
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of counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken, 1381-1793; of Saar Territory established by League of Nations, from after World War I until returned to Germany by plebiscite in 1935 |
| regional capital (C) |
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