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Dillingen, Saarland

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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Saarlouis

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
22.07 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 7:45 PM

State
  
Saarland

Elevation
  
183 m (600 ft)

Postal codes
  
66744–66763

Population
  
21,239 (31 Dec 2008)

Dialling code
  
06831

Dillingen, Saarland

Weather
  
5°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 85% Humidity

Dillingen (also: Dillingen an der Saar) is a town in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Saar, approx. 5 km northwest of Saarlouis, and 25 km northwest of Saarbrücken. The Dillinger Hütte steelworks is located here.

Contents

Map of Dillingen, Germany

Mayors

  • April 1945-May 1945: Benedikt Hoffmann
  • May 1945-September 1945: Heinrich Scherer
  • November 1945-September 1946: Theodor Okon
  • October 1946-May 1956: Peter Lamar
  • October 1956-February 1974: Eduard Jakobs, CDU
  • March 1974-March 1994: Gerhard Leonardy, CDU
  • March 1994-March 2004: Erwin Planta, SPD
  • since March 2004: Franz-Josef Berg, (born 1957), CDU

    • Transport

    Dillingen (Saar) station is on the Saar Railway, which connects Saarbrücken Central Station and Trier Central Station.

    Iron ore comes to the steelworks by Germany's heaviest trains 6000T trains.

    Castle

    Dilingen's Old Castle is a medieval building. Around 1699 it was developed into a Renaissance castle. In 1789 the architect Balthsar Wilhelm Stengel created a grand residential space.

    The castle has a yearly arts and crafts market.

    Sons and daughters of the town

  • Siegfried Alkan (1858–1941), composer
  • Rudolf Schmidt (1875–1943), Brandenburg journalist, local historian and regional historian
  • Peter Jost (born 1960), musicologist
  • Michael Müller (born 1981), opera singer (tenor)

    • References

    Dillingen, Saarland Wikipedia
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