What is Saarbrücken (district)?
{{Infobox German district | name=Saarbrücken| image_coa=Wappen Stadtverband Saarbruecken.svg| image_flag=Fahne Stadtverband Saarbrücken.svg| state=Saarland| capital=[[Saarbrücken]]| Kreisschlüssel = 10041| area=410.62| population=349,177| population_as_of=2002| density=850| carsign=SB ([[Völklingen]]: VK)| url=[http://www.regionalverband-saarbruecken.de regionalverband-saarbruecken.de]| map=Saarbrücken.svg }} The '''Regionalverband Saarbrücken''' is a ''Kommunalverband besonderer Art'', that is, it is a special mix of a rural district and a district free city. It is located in the south of the [[Saarland]], [[Germany]]. == History == The district Saarbrücken was originally created in [[1816]]. In [[1974]] the district and the district-free city Saarbrücken were merged, and the new administrative body was named ''Stadtverband Saarbrücken''. Although it's not a district like others, most of its administrative tasks are same as those of a district. == Geography == The [[Saar River]] flows through the district, through the city [[Saarbrücken]] in the centre of the district. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[Image:Wappen Stadtverband Saarbruecken.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The original district had no coat of arms, the Regionalverband uses a coat derived from the one of the Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken. The silver lion is taken from the County of Saarbrücken, the golden lion is the lion of [[Nassau (duchy)|Nassau]]. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| ! align=left width=50%|Towns ! align=left width=50%|Municipalities |- valign=top || # [[Friedrichsthal]] # [[Püttlingen]] # [[Saarbrücken]] # [[Sulzbach, Saarland|Sulzbach]] # [[Völklingen]] || # [[Großrosseln]] # [[Heusweiler]] # [[Kleinblittersdorf]] # [[Quierschied]] # [[Riegelsberg]] |} ==References== <references /> ==Other websites== * [http://www.stadtverband-saarbruecken.de Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027233046/http://www.stadtverband-saarbruecken.de/ |date=2020-10-27 }} (German) {{Coord|49.25|7.0|display=titl