Wadern
Sign in to saveWadern () is a municipality in the federal state Saarland, which is situated in the southwest of Germany. It is part of the district Merzig-Wadern. Wadern consists of 13 urban districts with approximately 16.000 inhabitants. With 143 inhabitants per km2 it is sparsely populated, but, with an area of 111 km2, Wadern is the third largest municipality in Saarland after Saarbrücken and St. Wendel. The town is divided into 14 urban districts and altogether 24 villages belong to the commune. The town is part of the Moselle Franconian language area.
Key facts
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 10 0 42 116
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Brunnen_auf_dem_Marktplatz_Wadern.jpg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Wadern COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Wadern in MZG.svg
- German location.state
- Saarland
- German location.district
- Merzig-Wadern
- German location.elevation
- 250-600
- German location.area
- 111.14
- German location.postal_code
- 66680–66687
- German location.area_code
- 06871, 06874 (Büschfeld + Nunkirchen)
- German location.licence
- MZG
- German location.divisions
- 13
- German location.website
- www.wadern.de
- German location.mayor
- Jochen Kuttler
- German location.leader_term
- 2014–24
- German location.party
- ProHochwald
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34 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Urban districts
- Villages
- Politics
- Mayors
- Town twinnings
- Constructions
- Burgruine Dagstuhl
- Palace and chapel of Dagstuhl
- Münchweiler's Castle
- Castle of Counts Wadern
- Oettinger Schlösschen Wadern
- Marketplace fountain Wadern
- Events
- Regular events
- Economy and infrastructure
- Markets
- Walking and bike riding
- Leisure centre Noswendler lake
- Companies
- Saar-Gummi
- ThyssenKrupp System Engineering
- Haco shoppingmall
- Unimed Abbrechnungsservice
- Workshops for workers social services
- Brabant & Lehnert Werkzeug und Vorrichtungsbau GmbH
- Nursing home St.Sebstian
- Freeway access
- Schools, education, research
- People
- See also
- References
- External links
Wadern () is a municipality in the federal state Saarland, which is situated in the southwest of Germany. It is part of the district Merzig-Wadern. Wadern consists of 13 urban districts with approximately 16.000 inhabitants. With 143 inhabitants per km2 it is sparsely populated, but, with an area of 111 km2, Wadern is the third largest municipality in Saarland after Saarbrücken and St. Wendel. The town is divided into 14 urban districts and altogether 24 villages belong to the commune. The town is part of the Moselle Franconian language area.
==Geography== Wadern is located at the foot of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald.