Saarbrücken
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• Saarbrücken is Saarland's administrative, commercial and cultural centre
• The city is situated next to the French border at the heart of the metropolitan area of Saarland
• Saarbrücken was created in 1909 by the merger of three towns, Saarbrücken, St
• Johann, and Malstatt-Burbach
• It used to be the industrial and transport centre of the Saar coal basin
• Products included iron and steel, sugar, beer, pottery, optical instruments, machinery, and construction materials
• Historic landmarks in the city include the stone bridge across the Saar (1546), the Gothic church of St Arnual, the 18th-century Saarbrücken Castle, and the old part of the town, the St
• Johanner Markt (Sankt Johann market)
• Twice in the 20th century Saarbrücken was separated from Germany: in 1920–35 as capital of the Territory of the Saar Basin and in 1947–56 as capital of the Saar Protectorate