Saarburg ( German pronunciation: [ˈzaːɐ̯bʊʁk] , [ˈzaːɐ̯bʊʁç] ) is a city of the Trier-Saarburg district, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany , on the banks of the river Saar in the hilly country a few kilometers upstream from the Saar's junction with the Moselle . Now known as a tourist attraction, the river Leuk flows into the town centre and makes a spectacular drop of some 60 feet before joining the larger Saar that bisects the town. The waterfall is the result of a 13th-century project to redirect the Leuk through the city centre.
5-572: Saarburg is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Saarburg-Kell . The area around Saarburg is noted for the cultivation of Riesling grapes . The history of the city begins with the construction of the now-ruined castle by Graf Siegfried of Luxembourg in 964. It received its town charter in 1291. The city has a bell foundry , the Glockengießerei Mabilion, which has been in operation since
10-472: Is twinned with: This Trier-Saarburg location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Verbandsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde ( German pronunciation: [fɛɐ̯ˈbantsɡəˌmaɪndə] ; plural Verbandsgemeinden ) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt . A Verbandsgemeinde
15-498: Is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. The state of Rhineland-Palatinate is divided into 163 Verbandsgemeinden , which are municipal associations grouped within the 24 districts of the state and subdivided into 2,257 Ortsgemeinden (singular Ortsgemeinde ) which comprise single settlements. Most of the Verbandsgemeinden were established in 1969. Formerly the name for an administrative unit
20-558: The 1770s, and as of 2003 the only one in Germany that produces bronze bells. From 1945 to 1948 Saarburg was occupied by troops from Luxembourg . From 18 July 1946 to 6 June 1947 Onsdorf , in its then municipal boundary, formed part of the Saar Protectorate . French troops complemented the occupation until 1955. Saarburg has a proud history with bells, being the producers of bells for many German cathedrals. Saarburg
25-443: Was Amt . Most of the functions of municipal government for several municipalities are consolidated and administered centrally from a larger or more central town or municipality among the group, while the individual municipalities (Ortsgemeinden) still maintain a limited degree of local autonomy. The 11 districts of Saxony-Anhalt are divided into Verwaltungsgemeinschaften and, since 1 July 2009 also Verbandsgemeinden . Since
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