What is Saarlouis (district)?
{{Infobox German district | name=Saarlouis| image_coa=De saarlouis coat.png| image_flag=Fahne Landkreis Saarlouis.svg| state=Saarland| capital=[[Saarlouis]]| Kreisschlüssel = 10044| area=459.08| population=211,393| population_as_of=2002| density=460| carsign=SLS| url=[http://www.kreis-saarlouis.de kreis-saarlouis.de]| map=Saarlouis.svg }} '''Saarlouis''' is a Kreis ([[district]]) in the middle of the [[Saarland]], [[Germany]]. == History == The district was part of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. After the Napoleonic wars the area went to [[Prussia]], which in [[1816]] created the district as part of its [[Rhineland]] province. From [[1936]]-[[1945]] it was called ''Saarlautern'', when the Nazi government tried to exchange the French name for a German one. == Geography == The main river in the district is the [[Saar River|Saar]]. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[Image:De saarlouis coat.png|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The checked black-and-white top part of the coat of arms is taken from the coat of the [[Hohenzollern]], to remember that the area belonged to the [[German Empire]] (which was ruled by the Hohenzollern dynasty) directly. The bottom part is the coat of arms of the [[Lorraine (province)|Lorraine]], as Saarlouis belonged to Duchy of Lorraine [[1100]]-[[1766]]. The star stands for the French fortress of Saarlouis, the origin of the city, which was build in a star form. The [[fleur-de-lis]] comes from the coat of arms of the city Saarlouis. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| ! align=left width=33%|Towns ! align=left width=33%|Municipalities ! align=left width=33%| |- valign=top || # [[Saarlouis]] # [[Lebach]] # [[Dillingen, Saarland|Dillingen]] || # [[Bous, Germany|Bous]] # [[Ensdorf, Saarland|Ensdorf]] # [[Nalbach]] # [[Rehlingen-Siersburg]] # [[Saarwellingen]] || <ol start=6> <li>[[Schmelz]] <li>[[Schwalbach, Saarland|Schwalbach]] <li>[[Überherrn]] <li>[[Wadgassen]] <li>[[Wallerfangen]] </ol> |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.kreis-saarlouis.de Official website] (Germa