Saarburg
Sign in to saveSaarburg (, ) is a town of the Trier-Saarburg district, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the river Saar in the hilly country a few kilometres upstream from the Saar's junction with the Moselle. Now known as a tourist attraction, the river Leuk flows into the town centre and makes a spectacular drop of 18 metres before joining the larger Saar that bisects the town. The waterfall is the result of a 13th-century project to redirect the Leuk through the city centre.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Wasserfall-Saarburg-Amueseum-2016.jpg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Saarburg COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Saarburg in TR.svg
- German location.state
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- German location.district
- Trier-Saarburg
- German location.Verbandsgemeinde
- Saarburg-Kell
- German location.elevation
- 159
- German location.area
- 20.63
- German location.postal_code
- 54439
- German location.area_code
- 06581
- German location.licence
- TR, SAB
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 07 2 35 118
- German location.divisions
- 4
- German location.website
- saarburg.de
- German location.mayor
- Jürgen Dixius
- German location.leader_term
- 2019–24
- German location.party
- CDU
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Gallery
- Twin towns — sister cities
- Born in Saarburg
- References
- External links
Saarburg (, ) is a town of the Trier-Saarburg district, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the river Saar in the hilly country a few kilometres upstream from the Saar's junction with the Moselle. Now known as a tourist attraction, the river Leuk flows into the town centre and makes a spectacular drop of 18 metres before joining the larger Saar that bisects the town. The waterfall is the result of a 13th-century project to redirect the Leuk through the city centre.
Saarburg is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Saarburg-Kell. The area around Saarburg is noted for the cultivation of Riesling grapes.