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[[File:5 56 49 am .....a ship.jpg|thumb|150px|The [[Saarschleife]] in the morning light]]
''The Saarland is one of the sunniest parts of Germany as well as a region with a rich natural environment. Its varied terrain results in a similarly wide variety of landscapes, that were dominated by agriculture until well into the time of industrialisation. The proportion of woodland is very high, not least around the Saarland’s highest mountain, the [[Dollberg]], which is almost 700 metres above sea level and located in the far north of the state.''
* '''Towns and cities''': [[Saarbrücken]] - [[Homburg, Saarland|Homburg]] - [[Merzig]] - [[Neunkirchen (Saar)|Neunkirchen]] - [[Saarlouis]] - [[St. Wendel]] - [[St. Ingbert]]&nbsp;[[File:Qsicon lesenswert.svg|12px]] - [[Völklingen]] - [[Sulzbach/Saar|Sulzbach]] - [[Dillingen/Saar|Dillingen]] - [[Wadern]] - [[Blieskastel]] - [[Ottweiler]] - [[Lebach]] - [[Bexbach]]
* '''Counties''': [[Saarpfalz-Kreis]] - [[Saarbrücken (district)|Saarbrücken]] - [[Merzig-Wadern]] - [[Neunkirchen (German district)|Neunkirchen]] - [[Saarlouis (district)|Saarlouis]] - [[Sankt Wendel (district)|Sankt Wendel]]
* '''Lakes and rivers''': [[Saar (river)|Saar]] - [[Moselle]] - [[Bostalsee]] - [[Losheim Reservoir]] - [[Prims Dam]] - [[Bickenalb]] - [[Bist]] - [[Blies]] - [[Nied (river)|Nied]] - [[Glan (Nahe)|Glan]] - [[Ill (Saarland)|Ill]] - [[Theel]] - [[Nahe (Rhine)|Nahe]] - [[Nied (river)|Nied]] - [[Oster (Blies)|Oster]] - [[Prims]] - [[Rohrbach (Saar)|Rohrbach]] - [[Rossel (Saar)|Rossel]] - [[Würzbach]] - [[Geißbach (Würzbach)|Geißbach]] - [[Lambsbach]]
* '''Geology and landscapes''': [[Bliesgau]] - [[Dollberge]] - [[ Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park]] - [[Parr (landscape)|Parr]] - [[Saargau]] - [[Saarkohlen Forest]] - [[Sankt Ingbert-Kirkeler Woodlands|Kirkeler Woodlands]] - [[Sankt Wendeler Land]] - [[Schwarzwalder Hochwald]] - [[Warndt]]
* '''Mountains, hills, caves and other natural sights''': [[Dollberg]] - [[Gollenstein]] - [[Hinkelstein von Walhausen]] - [[Höcherberg]] - [[Kaltenstein]] - [[Litermont]] - [[Niedaltdorf Cave|Limestone cave in Niedaltdorf]] - [[Peterberg]] - [[Saarschleife]] - [[Schaumberg (near Theley)|Schaumberg]] - [[Schlossberg Caves]] - [[Spellenstein]] - [[Stiefel (rock)|Stiefel]]
* '''Geographical features:''' [[Holzer Konglomerat]] - [[Saarländischer Landwein]]
* '''Nature and conservation''': [[Naturlandstiftung Saar]] - [[Naturwacht Saarland]] - [[Zentrum für Biodokumentation]] - [[Bliesgau|Bliesgau Biosphere Reserve]]

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''The Saarland has produced important politicians who have earned fame and recognition even beyond the boundaries of Germany. Successful people from the world of economics, which is closely related to politics, like [[Peter Hartz]], also come from here.''
* '''State'''

[[Constitution of the Saarland|Constitution]] - [[Landtag of the Saarland]] - [[Elections in the Saarland|Elections]] - [[Saarland state government]] - [[Constitutional court of the Saarland| Constitutional court]]
* '''Politics'''

'''''Minister presidents of the Saarland (chronological)''''':<br />[[Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer]] - [[Peter Müller (politician)|Peter Müller]] - [[Reinhard Klimmt]] - [[Oskar Lafontaine]] - [[Werner Zeyer]] - [[Werner Klumpp]] - [[Franz Josef Röder]] - [[Egon Reinert]] - [[Hubert Ney]] - [[Heinrich Welsch]] - [[Johannes Hoffmann (CVP)|Johannes Hoffmann]]

'''''Other politicians (selection)''''':<br /> [[Julius Adler (politician)|Julius Adler]] - [[Peter Altmeier]] - [[Christoph Hartmann]] - [[Reinhold Jost]] - [[Johann Klein]] - [[Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer]] - [[Wilhelm Kratz]] - [[Jo Leinen]] - [[Heiko Maas]] - [[Nadine Müller (politician)|Nadine Müller]] - [[Hubert Ney]] - [[Doris Pack]] - [[Karl Rauber]] - [[Isolde Ries]] - [[Hubert Rohde]] - [[Manfred Schäfer]] - [[Franz Schneider]] - [[Ottmar Schreiner]] - [[Gerhard Schröder (CDU)|Gerhard Schröder]] - [[Klaus Töpfer]] - [[Christina Weiss]] 

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''Against the backdrop of the Saarland constantly changing hands between two of the great powers of Europe, not only has a typical [[Saarland dialect]] developed, but outsiders may also be surprised by the sensitivities and mentality of the Saarlanders. The roots of East German leader, [[Erich Honecker]], led to a string of inner-German town twinnings even before [[German reunification]] and before other West German towns followed suit.''
* '''History'''

[[History of the Saarland]] - [[Otzenhausen hill fort]] - [[Roman excavations in the Saarland]] - [[County of Nassau-Saarbrücken]] - [[Département de la Sarre]] - [[Sarre (department)]] - [[Saargebiet]] - [[Saar statute]] - [[Saar Treaty]] - [[Principality of Lichtenberg]] - [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken]] - [[Electorate of Trier]] - [[Saar Protectorate]] - [[Bridge of Friendship (Franco-German)|Bridge of Friendship]] - [[:Category: History of Saarland|more ... ]]

* '''People''': [[Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken|Charles II August]] - [[Willi Graf]] - [[Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck]] - [[:Category:People from Saarland|more ... ]]

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[[File:BlieskastelHeiligKreuzKapelle.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Chapel of the Holy Cross, Blieskastel|Chapel of the Holy Cross]]]]
''It is not widely known that the Saarland is the state with the highest proportion of [[Roman Catholic]]s. Also interesting are the boundaries of the dioceses and parishes of both Christian denominations that sometimes run through the middle of counties and even individual municipalities. For example, the former Royal Prussian part of the state capital of Saarbrücken belonged to the [[Bishopric of Trier]], whilst the Saarbrücken elements of [[Ensheim (Saarbrücken)|Ensheim]] and [[Eschringen]], as former Royal Bavarian settlements, belonged to the [[Bishopric of Speyer]] and the [[Evangelical Church of the Palatinate]].

Among the largest churches in the state are [[Dillingen/Saar|Dillingen]]'s [[Saar Cathedral]] of the Holy Sacrament, [[St. Michael's Church, Saarbrücken|St. Michael's Church]] in Saarbrücken-[[Sankt Johann (Saarbrücken)|St. John's Church]] and [[St. Ingbert]]'s [[St. Joseph's Church, St. Ingbert|St. Joseph's Church]].

The art-historically most important church in the state capital of Saarbrücken is the Protestant [[St. Louis' Church, Saarbrücken|St. Louis' Church]], built in the [[Baroque]] style. Popular piety also resulted in pilgrimage sites being established such as the former [[Gräfinthal Abbey]] with its miraculous picture of [[Our Dear Lady with the Arrows]], the [[Oranna Chapel]] in [[Berus]], [[St. Wendel's Basilica]] in [[St. Wendel]] or the [[1876/1877 appearances of Mary in Marpingen|shrine to Mary]] in Marpingen's Härtel Forest.''

* '''Places and objects''':[[Kommende St. Elisabeth]], an ensemble with the oldest surviving church in the city of Saarbrücken - [[Benedictine Abbey of St. Mauritius, Tholey]], a working abbey; founded in the 7th or 8th century - [[St. Peter's Church, Merzig]]  the largest surviving Roman church in the Saarland - [[St Louis' Church, Saarbrücken]] - [[Basilica of St. John, Saarbrücken]] - [[St. John's Church, Saarbrücken]] - [[Klinikkirche Homburg]], a [[simultaneum]] in the [[Historicist style]] - [[Our Dear Lady with the Arrows]] a [[pieta]] from the 14th century 
* '''Instutitions and people''': [[Philip IV of Nassau-Weilburg]] - [[Blandine Merten]] - [[Karl-Heinz Ohlig]] 

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''An effective college system was established in the Saarland earlier than in other states after the Second World War with the assistance of France. For decades there has been a regular exchange with France in the areas of culture and education. The Saarland was the second state to have [[Abitur after twelve years]].''
* '''Education and research''': [[University of the Saarland]] - [[Deutsch-Französisches Hochschulinstitut|Franco-German College Institute]] - [[Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar|College of Performing Arts]] - [[Hochschule für Musik Saar|College of Music]] - [[Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft of the Saarland|College of Technology and Economics]] - [[German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence]] - [[Fraunhofer-Institut für Biomedizinische Technik|Fraunhofer Institute of Biomedical Technology]] - [[Fraunhofer Institute of Destruction-Free Testing]] - [[Intel Visual Computing Institute]] - [[Max Planck Institute for Informatics]] - [[Max Planck Institute for Software Systems]] 
* '''Culture''': [[Saarland dialect|Saarlandish]] - [[Saarland State Theatre]] - [[Saarländische Rundfunk Chamber Orchestra]]
* '''Museums''': [[List of the museums in the Saarland]]
* '''People''': [[Gerd Dudenhöffer]] - [[Nicole (German singer)|Nicole Hohloch]] - [[Wolfgang Kermer]] - [[Siegmund Nimsgern]] - [[:Category:People from Saarland|more ... ]]

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[[File:HochofenDillingen5.jpg|thumb|120px|Rogesa Hochofen 5, [[Dillinger Hut]]]]
''The smallest non-urban state in Germany by area has undergone enormous structural change since the demise of the coal mines and the massive reduction in the iron and steel industries. That has been reflected in the conversion of transport routes: Until the 1960s, the Saarland had the most railway lines per km². Today it has the most roads per inhabitant of all the non-urban states. It is also notable that in no other state are there so many home-owners as in the Saarland.''
* '''Economy''': [[Karlsberg Brewery]] - [[Mining in the Saarland]] - [[Fresenius Medical Care AG]] - [[Globus SB-Warenhaus Holding|Globus]] - [[Villeroy & Boch]] china factory - [[Dillinger Hütte]] - [[IDS Scheer]] - [[Cirrus Airlines]] - [[Nestlé Wagner|Wagner Deep Freeze Products]] - [[Praktiker]] - ''[[:Category:Companies based in Saarland|other companies in the Saarland]]''
* '''Media''': ''[[Saarländischer Rundfunk]]'' - [[bigFM]] - ''[[Saarbrücker Zeitung]]''
* '''Transport''': [[Saarbrücken Airport]] - [[Saarbahn]] - [[Palatine Ludwig Railway]] - [[Nahe Valley Railway]]<br />''Motorways'' [[Bundesautobahn 1|A 1]] - [[Bundesautobahn 6|A 6]] - [[Bundesautobahn 8|A 8]] - [[Bundesautobahn 62|A 62]] - [[Bundesautobahn 620|A 620]] - [[Bundesautobahn 623|A 623]]<br />''Federal highways'' [[Bundesstraße 40|B 40]] - [[Bundesstraße 41|B 41]] - [[Bundesstraße 51|B 51]] - [[Bundesstraße 268|B 268]] - [[Bundesstraße 405|B 405]] - [[Bundesstraße 406|B 406]] - [[Bundesstraße 407|B 407]] - [[Bundesstraße 420|B 420]] - [[Bundesstraße 423|B 423]]
* '''People''': [[Peter Hartz]] - [[:Category:People from Saarland|more ... ]]

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[[File:Flag of Saar (1947–1956).svg|thumb|150px|Flag of the Saarland Olympic team]]
''As a result of the independence achieved by the Saarland in the 1950s, it made its own Olympia bid for the games in Helsinki 1952. Saarland’s once so successful teams in ball games no longer contend in the top national leagues . But Saarland’s sportsmen and women are well to the fore in some of the minor sports such as Ringen or table tennis.''
* '''Badminton:''' [[Bitburger Open]]
* '''Football''': [[1. FC Saarbrücken]] - [[SV Elversberg]] - [[FC 08 Homburg]] - [[Borussia Neunkirchen]] - [[SV Röchling Völklingen]] - [[Saarland national football team]]
* '''Handball''': [[TV Niederwürzbach]]
* '''American Football''': [[Saarland Hurricanes]]
* '''Cycling''': [[Trofeo Karlsberg]]
* '''Ringen''': [[KSV Köllerbach]]
* '''Swimming''': [[SSG Saar Max Ritter]]
* '''Table tennis''': [[ATSV Saarbrücken]]
* '''Olympia''': [[National Olympic Committee of the Saarland]]
* '''Sportsmen/women''': [[Joachim Deckarm]] - [[Armin Hary]] - [[Claudia Kohde-Kilsch]] - [[Jupp Derwall]] - [[Bernd Schneider (racing driver)|Bernd Schneider]] - [[Stefan Kuntz]] - [[Therese Zenz]] - [[:Category:People from Saarland|more&nbsp;…]]

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[[File:Saarbrücken Schloss.jpg|thumb|180px|[[ Saarbrücken Castle]]]]
''Saarland’s many sights are often undiscovered. Not until recent years has tourism developed. This has resulted in an extensive network of well-signed cycleways and footpaths. The [[premium footpath]]s are a particular attraction for first time visitors to the Saarland, as are the cultural monuments and local cuisine.''
* '''Tourism''': [[Saarland Circular Walk]] - [[Roman excavations in the Saarland|Roman sites]] - [[List of sights in the Saarland|Sights]] - [[Sankt Wendeler Land]] - [[Saarwald Club]] - [[Losheim Reservoir]] - [[Bostalsee]]
* '''Sights''': [[Brennender Berg]] - [[Gollenstein]] - [[St. Louis' Church, Saarbrücken|St. Louis' Church]] - [[Saarbrücken Castle]] - [[Merburg]] - [[Otzenhausen hill fort]] - [[Saarschleife]] - [[Spellenstein]] - [[Stiefel (Fels)|Stiefel]] - [[Stiefel Palace]] - [[Teufelsburg (Saarland)|Teufelsburg]] - [[Völklingen Ironworks]] - [[Road of Sculptures, St. Wendel|Road of Sculptures]] - [[Werner Freund| Werner Freund Wolf Park]] - [[Saarbrücken Zoo]] 
* '''Cuisine''': [[Saarland cuisine]] - [[Dibbelabbes]] - [[Schales]] - [[Lyoner]] - [[Hoorische]] - [[Schwenkbraten|Schwenker]] - [[Bettseicher|Beddseechersalad]] - [[Geheiratete|Geheirade]]

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* '''Born in the Saarland (alphabetic)'''

[[Ingrid Caven]] - [[Sandra Cretu]] - [[Helene Demuth]] - [[Volkmar Gross]] - [[Boris Henry]] - [[Erich Honecker]] - [[Philipp Humm]] - [[Michael Jakosits]] - [[Wolfgang Kermer]] - [[Eduard von Knorr]] - [[Patrik Kühnen]] - [[Werner Kuhn]] - [[Stefan Kuntz]] - [[Wilfried Loth]] - [[Michel Ney]] - [[Max Ophüls]] - [[David Oppenheimer]] - [[Ingrid Peters]] - [[Christian Rach]] - [[Gustav Regler]] - [[Sebastian Reinert]] - [[Walter Rilla]] - [[Ulrike Rosenbach]] - [[Rainer Rupp]] - [[Werner Schramm]] - [[Bruno Simma]] - [[Otto Steinert]] - [[Gunter Thielen]] - [[Paul Tholey]] - [[Kurt Wagner]] - [[Andreas Walzer]] - [[Christian Weber (footballer)|Christian Weber]] - [[Christiane Weber]] - [[Albert Weisgerber]] - [[Joseph Wendel]] - [[Peter Wust]] - [[Marc Ziegler]]

* '''Worked in the Saarland (alphabetic)'''

[[Gerd Boder]] - [[Elizabeth of Lorraine]] - [[Frank Farian]] - [[Joelle Franzmann]] - [[Heinrich Konietzny]] - [[Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg]] - [[Johann Christian von Mannlich]] - Saint [[Oranna]] - [[Klaus Steinbach]] - [[Carl Ferdinand Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg]] - [[Hermann Wedekind]] - [[Saint Wendelin]]

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