Sankt Ingbert

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen IGB.gif
lat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 18
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 7
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Saarland
Landkreis = Saarpfalz-Kreis
Höhe = 215-402
Fläche = 49.95
Einwohner = 38259
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 66386
Vorwahl = 06894
Kfz = IGB
NUTS = DEC05
LOCODE = DE STI
Gemeindeschlüssel = 10 0 45 117
Gliederung = 5
Straße = Am Markt 12
Website = [http://www.sanktingbert.de/ www.sanktingbert.de]
Bürgermeister = Georg Jung
Partei = CDU

Sankt Ingbert (also "St. Ingbert") is a municipality in the Saarpfalz district, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approx. 10 km north-east of Saarbrücken, and 10 km south-west of Neunkirchen. Population (2005) 38,659. Sankt Ingbert is an old industrial town, but most of its heavy industries (coal, steel, glass) have closed.Major employers now include software company SAP AG and Festo automation technologies.

St. Ingbert is named after the Irish saint St Ingobert, and belonged for 300 years to the electorate of Trier.

Twin towns

*flagicon|FRA Saint-Herblain, France, since 1981
*flagicon|SEN N'Diaganiao, Senegal, since 1986
*flagicon|GER Radebeul, Germany, since 1987 (then flagicon|GDR GDR)
*flagicon|GER Rhodt unter Rietburg in Edenkoben, Germany, since 1959

Famous People

* Peter Hartz (August 9 1941), German businessman
* Bernd Schneider (July 20 1964), racecar driver

References

External links

* [http://www.sanktingbert.de official website] de icon