Saarbrücken (district)

Saarbrücken
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Saarland
Capital	Saarbrücken
Area
• Total	410.62 km2 (158.54 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)
• Total	330,848
• Density	810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	SB (Völklingen: VK)
Website	regionalverband-saarbruecken.de

The Regionalverband Saarbrücken is a Kommunalverband besonderer Art, that is, it is a special mix of a rural district and a district free city. It is located in the south of the Saarland, Germany.

History

The district Saarbrücken was originally created in 1816. In 1974 the district and the district-free city Saarbrücken were merged, and the new administrative body was named Stadtverband Saarbrücken. Although it's not a district like others, most of its administrative tasks are same as those of a district.

Geography

The Saar River flows through the district, through the city Saarbrücken in the centre of the district.

Coat of arms

The original district had no coat of arms, the Regionalverband uses a coat derived from the one of the Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken. The silver lion is taken from the County of Saarbrücken, the golden lion is the lion of Nassau.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Friedrichsthal Püttlingen Saarbrücken Sulzbach Völklingen	Großrosseln Heusweiler Kleinblittersdorf Quierschied Riegelsberg

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2020-10-27 at the Wayback Machine (German)