Püttlingen
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Püttlingen | |
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Püttlingen | |
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Coordinates: 49°17′N 6°53′E / 49.283°N 6.883°ECoordinates: 49°17′N 6°53′E / 49.283°N 6.883°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Saarland |
District | Saarbrücken |
Subdivisions | 2 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Denise Klein[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 23.94 km2 (9.24 sq mi) |
Elevation | 273 m (896 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 18,318 |
• Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 66337–66346 |
Dialling codes | 06806, 06898 |
Vehicle registration | SB |
Website | www.puettlingen.de |
Püttlingen (German: [ˈpʏt.lɪŋ.ən] (listen); French and consequently English exonym Puttelange-lès-Sarrelouis) is a town in Saarland, Germany, 10 km northwest of Saarbrücken.
Geography[]
The town lies in the Köller Valley, approximately 20 km to the northwest of Saarbrücken and 5 km north of Völklingen. Going in a clockwise direction from the north, the neighbouring communities are Heusweiler, Riegelsberg, Saarbrücken and Völklingen in the Regionalverband Saarbrücken and the communities of Bous and Schwalbach in the Landkreis Saarlouis.
Climate[]
The annual precipitation amounts to 834 mm which places it in the top third of German locales according to the German Weather Service. The driest month is April, while November, the wettest month, sees 1.4 times as much rain.
Subdivision[]
The town is composed of the subdivisions of Püttlingen (made up of the Berg, Bengesen and Ritterstraße areas) and Köllerbach (made up of the Engelfangen, Etzenhofen, Herchenbach, Kölln, Rittenhofen, and Sellerbach areas).
Mayors[]
- 1946–1949: Peter Zimmer
- 1949–1956: Peter Müller
- 1956–1966: Nikolaus Boßmann, CDU
- 1966–1974: Hans Koch, independent
- 1974–2001: Rudolf Müller, CDU
- 2002–2019: Martin Speiche, CDU[3]
- 2019–incumbent : Denise Klein, SPD[1]
Twin towns – sister cities[]
Püttlingen is twinned with:[4]
Ber, Mali
Créhange, France
Fresagrandinaria, Italy
Nowa Sól, Poland
Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, France
Senftenberg, Germany
Veszprém, Hungary
Žamberk, Czech Republic
Notable people[]
- Johann Nikolaus Weislinger (1691–1755), Jesuit polemicist
- Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (born 1962), politician (CDU)
- Patrik Kühnen (born 1966), tennis player and Davis Cup team captain
- Hendrick Zuck (born 1990), footballer
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland, accessed 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Saarland.de – Amtliche Einwohnerzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2020" (PDF). Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes (in German). June 2021.
- ^ Wahl Bürgermeister/in vom 7. Juni 2009 Archived 2017-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 November 2012
- ^ "Partnerschaften". puettlingen.de (in German). Püttlingen. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- Towns in Saarland
- Saarbrücken (district)