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Which country is Saarbrücken?
Saarbrücken is the capital of the German state of Saarland. More than 150,000 people live in Saarbrücken. This makes it the largest city in the Saarland and one of the 50 largest cities in Germany. Saarbrücken is located on the Saar, the river that gave the Saarland its name.
Saarbrücken was founded in the Middle Ages. in 1909, the city of Saarbrücken was merged with its neighboring town of Sankt Johann and another small town. That is why the city center of Saarbrücken is divided into two parts: in Old Saarbrücken, the old city center of Saarbrücken, and Sankt Johann. In Alt-Saarbrücken there is the castle Saarbrücken, in Sankt Johann the Saarbrücken Town Hall Sankt Johann and the Sankt Johanner Markt. It is the most famous square in the city center of Saarbrücken.
Saarbrücken belonged to France several times. The French name is still “Sarrebruck” today. As a reward for the referendum in 1935, Saarbrücken was given the State Theatre by the German state. At that time, people had decided to belong to Germany again.
Outside the city center, there is a lot of industry in Saarbrücken, as in the entire Saarland. As in the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia, coal was dug here in the past and iron was processed into steel. This can still be seen today in the cityscape of Saarbrücken. Saarbrücken also has a university and an international train station, from which many trains run to France.
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