Merzig-Wadern

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Merzig-Wadern

Map of Saarland highlighting the district Merzig-Wadern
State Saarland
County seat Merzig
Area 555.00 km²
Population 106,088 (2001)
Pop. density 191 inh./km²
Car identification MZG
Web page landkreis-merzig-wadern.de

Merzig-Wadern is a Kreis (district) in the northeast of the Saarland, Germany. Neighboring districts are Trier-Saarburg, Sankt Wendel, Saarlouis, and the French département Moselle, and Luxembourg.

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The district was created in 1816 when the area became property of Prussia. After World War I the Saar area was under special government of the League of Nations, which did split the district into two parts. The area around Wadern stayed Prussian, while the Merzig area became part of the Saar area. In 1935 the Saar area rejoined Germany, however it took till after the World War II that the two district parts were reunited in 1946.

The Saar River flows through the district, the Moselle River forms the boundary in the west to Luxembourg.

Coat of arms The coat of arms show the symbols of those countries which had possessions in the district's area. The top-left show the cross of Trier, the top-right those of Lorraine. The wolfs-hook in the bottom-left represents Dagstuhl, who owned Wadern, the lion in the bottom-right stands for Luxembourg who owned the western part of the district.

Towns Municipalities
  1. Merzig
  2. Wadern
  1. Beckingen
  2. Losheim am See
  3. Mettlach
  4. Perl
  5. Weiskirchen


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Metropolitan district of Saarbrücken
Merzig-Wadern | Neunkirchen | Saarlouis | Saarpfalz | Sankt Wendel
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