Saarburg Information
Saarburg (pop. ~6,700) is a city of the Trier-Saarburg district in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany, on the banks of the Saar 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 in 964. It received its town charter in 1291. The city has a bell foundry, the Glockengießerei Mabilion, which has been in operation since the 1770s, and as of 2003[update] the only one in Germany that makes bronze bells. The area around Saarburg is noted for the cultivation of Riesling grapes.
Saarburg is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Saarburg.
Post World War II occupation
In 1945 to 1948 Saarburg was occupied by troops from Luxembourg. French troops complemented the occupation until 1955.
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf.
External links
- Saarburg homepage
- Account of a Saarburg visit, with much detail
- Websites in Saarburg
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