Places to see in ( Saarbrucken - Germany )
Places to see in ( Saarbrucken - Germany )
Saarbrücken is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is Saarland's administrative, commercial and cultural centre. he 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 Sankt Johanner Markt (Market of St. Johann). 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.
Some of the closest cities are Trier, Luxembourg, Nancy, Metz, Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe and Mannheim. Saarbrücken is connected by the city's public transport network to the town of Sarreguemines in France, and to the neighboring town of Völklingen, where the old steel works were the first industrial monument to be declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994 — the Völklinger Hütte. The city is served by Saarbrücken Airport (SCN), and since June 2007 ICE high speed train services along the LGV Est line provide high speed connections to Paris from Saarbrücken Hauptbahnhof. Saarbrücken's Saarbahn (modelled on the Karlsruhe model light rail) crosses the French–German border, connecting to the French city of Sarreguemines.
Alot to see in ( Saarbrucken - Germany ) such as :
Ludwigskirche
Saarbrücken Zoo
Saarland Museum
Saarbrücken Castle
Deutsch-Französischer Garten
Historisches Museum Saar
Wildpark
Basilica of St. John the Baptist, Saarbrücken
Löwen Play
Buerger Park
Museum für Vor- Und Frühgeschichte
Moderne Galerie Saarlandmuseum
Schlosskirche
Saarkran Saarbrücken
AbenteuerPark-Saar - Kletterpark in Saarbrücken
Kunsthaus Kopp
Casino Gluckspilz
Gedenkstätte Gestapo-Lager Neue Bremm
Saarbrücker Schloss
Mithraskapelle am Halberg
Aschbachkirche
cuenca del sarre
Joker 2001
Römerkastell
Wildgehege
Obst- und Gartenbauverein Gersweiler
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Places to see in ( Saarbrucken - Germany )
Places to see in ( Saarbrucken - Germany )
A hair’s breadth from the French border in Southwestern Germany, Saarbrücken mixes industrial history with the splendour of the Counts and Princes of Nassau-Saarbrücken who ruled the region for centuries. Two people more than any left their mark on Saarbrücken, 18th-century Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken, William Henry, and his architect Friedrich Joachim Stengel. For three decades the pair remodelled Saarbrücken into a Baroque city, building palaces, churches, squares and fountains.
One of most absorbing ensembles is Ludwigsplatz, where eight palaces face the sublime Ludwigskirche. Around Saarbrücken Castle there’s much to keep you occupied, as over the last two decades a system of tunnels and underground chambers has been excavated and opened as part of the Saar Historical Museum.
In the 1760s Friedrich Joachim Stengel was commissioned by William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken to build not just this church but the surrounding square as well, all as a single harmonious work. The result is one of the high points of German Baroque art, as well as one of Germany’s standout Protestant churches.
Stengel was also responsible for another stunning Baroque church built in the mid-1750s for the city’s growing catholic congregation. The church was partly funded by French King Louis XV and a collection was made in Rome by Pope Benedict XIV. Before you enter, you have to inspect the bronze doors, which show scenes from the life of St John the Baptist and were remade in 1986 by the local artist Ernst Alt after they were damaged in the war.
South of Saarbrücken and just a couple of kilometres from the border crossing at Goldene Bremm, the Deutsch-Französischer Garten is a park with a diplomatic past. The size of this museum beside Saarbrücken Castle is deceptive.
On ground level there’s a long narrow building from 1988 with a barrel roof, and this conceals a small world of historic underground chambers and tunnels that were excavated in the 1990s and 2000s. East of Saarbrücken a few kilometres down the Saar is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Völklingen Ironworks was established in 1873 and shut down in 1986, and is the only smelting works built in the 19th century to have made it to the present.
Also mandatory on Schlossplatz is this museum in the former district administrative building on the south side of the square. One of three branches under the Saarlandmuseum umbrella, the Moderne Galerie is in a modern complex built in 1979 and made up of three interconnected pavilions. One head-turning landmark is the town hall, which is newer than it looks and has a Gothic Revival design from 1900. The facade is busy with traceried windows, pinnacles, and masses of other ornamentation.
Johanner Markt is decked with the dozens of stalls for the city’s main market. For the last 40 years the old centre of Saarbrücken has been a pedestrian zone, and this square in the middle somewhere to come and gauge daily life in the city. If you have time to spare you could take a walk up the Saar from the Saarbrücker Schloss to the district of Sankt Arnual, one of the oldest districts in the city.
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Saarbrücker Burganlage © aorlik.de
Der Film zeigt eine offizielle Führung durch die 500 Jahre alte freigelegte unterirdische historische Saarbrücker Burganlage mit Verteidigungsanlagen, Kasematten und Roter Turm.
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Achim Orlikowski
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Weihnachtsmarkt in Mettlach 2014
Wenn es in der saarländischen Gemeinde Mettlach nach Leckereien duftet und heißer Kakao oder Glühwein angenehme Wärme stiften, wenn ein stimmungsvolles Programm in der malerischen Kulisse auf dem Marktplatz mit Flair“ angeboten wird, dann ist Weihnachtsmarkt in Mettlach. Noch bis zum 23. Dezember 2015 ist die vorweihnachtliche Festmeile täglich von 11:00-19:00 Uhr sowie an Heiligabend, 24. Dezember von 10:00-13:00 Uhr geöffnet.
Das Besondere beim Advent in Mettlach: Der Keramische Weihnachtsbaum mit einer Höhe von fast 9 m, 330 m umlaufenden Alurohren und über 2.000 Tassen und Tellern, „einem neuen Gesicht“ und über 250 von Kindern im Museumscafé von Villeroy & Boch neu bemalten Tellern.