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Merzig-Wadern
Sign in to saveMerzig-Wadern is a Kreis (district) in the northwest of the Saarland, Germany. Neighboring districts are Trier-Saarburg, Sankt Wendel, Saarlouis, the French département Moselle, and Luxembourg.
Key facts
- District DE.name
- Merzig-Wadern
- District DE.image_flag
- Fahne Landkreis Merzig-Wadern.svg
- District DE.image_coa
- Wappen Landkreis Merzig-Wadern.svg
- District DE.state
- Saarland
- District DE.capital
- Merzig
- District DE.area
- 555.00
- District DE.Kreisschlüssel
- 10042
- District DE.district_admin
- Daniela Schlegel-Friedrich
- District DE.admin_party
- CDU
- District DE.carsign
- MZG (since 1957)OE 2/ OE 12/ OE 22/ OE 32 (1949–1956); SA 02 (1945–1949)
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Saarland
- Capital
- Merzig
- Population
- 103366
- Area
- 555.00
- Elevation
- 234
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Trier-Saarburg
- Official website
- www.merzig-wadern.de
- Licence plate code
- MZG
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- Commons category
- Landkreis Merzig-Wadern
- topic's main category
- Category:Merzig-Wadern
- female population
- 52258
- hashtag
- LandkreisMerzigWadern
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- Towns and municipalities
- Education
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- Community schools
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Merzig-Wadern is a Kreis (district) in the northwest of the Saarland, Germany. Neighboring districts are Trier-Saarburg, Sankt Wendel, Saarlouis, the French département Moselle, and Luxembourg.
==History== The district was created in 1816 when the area became property of Prussia. After World War I the Saar area was under special government of the League of Nations, which split the district into two. The area around Wadern stayed Prussian, while the Merzig area became part of the Saar area. In 1935, the Saar area rejoined Germany; however, it took till after the World War II that the two parts of the district were reunited in 1946.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Merzig-Wadern” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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