Rehlingen-Siersburg is a municipality in the district of Saarlouis, in

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...

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. It is situated on the river

Saar Saar or SAAR has several meanings: People Given name *Saar Boubacar (born 1951), Senegalese professional football player * Saar Ganor, Israeli archaeologist *Saar Klein (born 1967), American film editor Surname * Ain Saar (born 1968), Est ...

, approx. 8 km northwest of

Saarlouis Saarlouis (; french: link=no, Sarrelouis, ; formerly Sarre-Libre and Saarlautern) is a town in Saarland, Germany, capital of the district of Saarlouis. In 2020, the town had a population of 34,409. Saarlouis, as the name implies, is located on t ...

, and 30 km northwest of

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

Geography

Location

Rehlingen is located at the Saar, Siersburg is located at the

Nied The Nied (; ) is a river in Lorraine, France, and Saarland, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Saar. It is formed where two streams converge: the ''Nied allemande'' ("German Nied") and the ''Nied française'' ("French Nied"), which join in ...

, the other districts are partly on the Gau (Saargau), partly in the valley of the Nied, a left-side tributary of the Saar. Rehlingen-Siersburg borders France to the west, Merzig-Wadern district to the north, Dillingen / Saar to the east, and Wallerfangen to the south.

Municipal districts

* Biringen * Eimersdorf * Fremersdorf * Fürweiler * Gerlfangen * Hemmersdorf * Niedaltdorf * Oberesch * Rehlingen Siersburg

Sights

* Castle Fremersdorf * Castle Siersburg * Niedaltdorf stalactite cave * Lorraine houses and castles in different districts * Niedtal * Saargau * Druids path

References

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