As a former working-class city, Saarbrücken is one of the few cities in the western part of Germany that has a street named after Karl Marx (1818-1883), the founder of scientific socialism and author of Das Kapital. Marx was born in Trier, which is a hundred or so kilometers downstream Read More …
There has been some sort of castle or palace on this spot since the year 999, at least. In its current form as a palace, it was first built in the eighteenth century for the ruling Count Wilhelm Heinrich of Nassau-Saarbrücken, but has been added to since then and was Read More …
This is the main railway station in Saarbrücken, Germany, located about five km from the French border and eight km from Forbach, the first town on the French side. As of August 2020, there are three direct trains per day from Saarbrücken to Paris, two German ICEs and one French Read More …
Saarbrücken is the capital of the Saarland and is located on the Saar River near the French border. After the First and Second World Wars this area came under French administration. In 1935 and in 1955 referendums were held, and in both cases a majority voted to re-join Germany (90% Read More …