Saarbrücken (district)

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 
100px|Coat of armsThe 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
TownsMunicipalities Friedrichsthal
 Püttlingen
 Saarbrücken
 Sulzbach
 Völklingen Großrosseln
 Heusweiler
 Kleinblittersdorf
 Quierschied
 Riegelsberg

References

Other websites
 Official website  (German)