What is Saar (protectorate)?
{{Infobox former country |native_name = Saare |conventional_long_name = Saar |common_name = Saar |status=Protectorate |empire=France |status_text=Protectorate of [[France]] |era = |year_start = 1947 |year_end = 1956 |date_start= [[December 17]], |event1=[[Western European Union|WEU]] referendum |date_event1= [[October 23]], [[1955]] |event_end= Saar Treaty |date_end = [[October 27]] |p1 = Allied Occupation Zones in Germany |flag_p1 = Flag of Germany (1946-1949).svg |s1 = Saarland |flag_s1 = Flag of Saarland.svg |image_flag = Flag of Saar.svg |image_coat = Wappen Saarland 1948.svg |image_map = LocationSarre.png |image_map_caption = Borders of post-WW2 Germany (1949). The Saar is in purple. |capital = [[Saarbrücken]] |largest_city = capital |government_type = Republic |year_leader1 = US zone |currency = [[Saar mark]], [[Saar franc]] }} '''Saar''' was the name of the [[Saarland]] after [[World War Two]], when it was under [[France|French]] control. It became part of [[West Germany]] in 1957. ==Related pages== * [[Saarland]] The modern German state * [[Saargebiet]] The League of Nations's protectorate {{multistub|geo|history|Europe}} [[Category:Former states in Germany]] [[Category:1940s in Germany]] [[Category:1950s in Germany]] [[Category:1940s in France]] [[Category:1950s in France]] [[Category:Saarland]] [[Category:1947 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:1956 disestablishments in Europe]]