- Saarburg
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Saarburg Wasserfall.jpg
Wappen = Wappen Saarburg.png
lat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 36 |lat_sec = 33
lon_deg = 6 |lon_min = 33 |lon_sec = 1
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Trier-Saarburg
Verbandsgemeinde = Saarburg
Höhe = 159
Fläche = 20.36
Einwohner = 6242
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 54439
Vorwahl = 06581
Kfz = TR
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 2 35 118
Gliederung = 4
Adresse-Verband = Schlossberg 6
Website = [http://www.saarburg.de/ www.saarburg.de]
Bürgermeister = Jürgen Dixius
Partei = CDUSaarburg (pop. ~6,700) is a city of the
Trier-Saarburg district in theRhineland-Palatinate state ofGermany , on the banks of theSaar River in the hilly country a few kilometers upstream from the Saar's junction with the Moselle.The history of the city begins with the construction of the now-ruined castle by Graf
Siegfried of Luxembourg in964 . It received its town charter in1291 . The city has a bellfoundry , the Glockengießerei Mabilion, which has been in operation since the1770s , andas of 2003 the only one in Germany that makesbronze bells. The area around Saarburg is noted for the cultivation ofRiesling grape s.Saarburg is the seat of the "
Verbandsgemeinde " ("collective municipality") Saarburg.Post World War II occupation
In
1945 to1948 Saarburg was occupied by troops fromLuxembourg . [ [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_occupation_of_Luxembourg_in_World_War_II#Luxembourg.27s_participation_in_the_occupation_of_Germany_1945-1955 ] French troops complemented the occupation until1955 .]References
External links
* [http://www.saarburg.de Saarburg homepage]
* [http://www.diveguy.net/germany/2002/saar_river/ Account of a Saarburg visit, with much detail]
* [http://www.websitewiki.de/Saarburg Websites in Saarburg]
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