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Saarbrücken

Saarbrücken is the capital of the German state of Saarland, on the Saar river near the French border. Seat of medieval counts, it passed in the 14th century to a line of the House of Nassau, whose 18th-century princes made it a baroque residence with the Ludwigskirche. A centre of coal and iron in the industrial age, it went to Prussia in 1815 and shared the Saar's 20th-century changes between German and French control.

Saarbrücken
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Principality of LeiningenCounty of Nassau-WeilburgCounty of Nassau-Saarbrücken

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Saarbrücken. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/saarbrucken
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“Saarbrücken.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/saarbrucken. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Saarbrücken.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/saarbrucken.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Saarbrücken’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/saarbrucken (Accessed: ).

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