Wadern

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen wadern.pnglat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 31
lon_deg = 6 |lon_min = 52
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Saarland
Landkreis = Merzig-Wadern
Höhe = 250-600
Fläche = 111.17
Einwohner = 17006
Stand = 2006-03-31
PLZ = 66680–66687
Vorwahl = 06871, 06874 (Büschfeld + Nunkirchen)
Kfz = MZG
Gemeindeschlüssel = 10 0 42 116
Gliederung = 14
Adresse = Marktplatz 13
66687 Wadern
Website = [http://www.wadern.de/ www.wadern.de]
Bürgermeister = Fredi Dewald
Partei = SPD

Wadern is a municipality in the German federal state Saarland, which is situated in the southwest of Germany. It is part of the district Merzig-Wadern. Wadern consists of 14 districts with approximately 17,000 inhabitants. In terms of area, Wadern is the third largest municipality in Saarland after Saarbrücken and St. Wendel.

Geography

Wadern is located at the foot of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald

Districts

Bardenbach, Büschfeld, Dagstuhl, Gehweiler, Krettnich, Lockweiler, Löstertal, Morscholz, Noswendel, Nunkirchen, Steinberg, Wadern, Wadrill, Wedern.

Villages

Altland, Bardenbach, Büschfeld, Buweiler, Dagstuhl, Gehweiler, Kostenbach, Krettnich, Lockweiler, Morscholz, Münchweiler, Niederlöstern, Noswendel, Nuhweiler, Nunkirchen, Oberlöstern, Rathen, Reidelbach, Steinberg, Überlosheim, Vogelsbüsch, Wadern, Wadrill, Wedern

The largest village within the municipality of Wadern is Nunkirchen, which is situated in the very south of the municipality.

Education

Wadern is home to the Hochwald-Gymnasium Wadern

See also

* Schloss Dagstuhl, just outside Wadern
* [http://www.wadern.de Stadt Wadern]
* [http://www.wad-nun.de Stadtteil Nunkirchen]
* [http://www.marienhauskliniken.de/ Marienhauskliniken St. Elisabeth]
* [http://www.hochwaldgymnasium.de/home.htm Hochwald-Gymnasium Wadern]