Kirrberg (in dialect ''Kerrbrich'') is a district of Homburg, situated in the eastern part of the Saarpfalz (Saar-Palatinate) district and the

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 ...

bordering state

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. Until End 1973 was Kirrberg an independent municipality in the former Homburg district. Homburg (5 km),

Zweibrücken Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river. Name The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; olde ...

(7 km),

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and

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(both 35 km) are the closest towns. As of 1 August 2021, 2,607 inhabitants live in Kirrberg. The river Lambsbach runs through the district from east to west.

History

The chapel of Kirrberg was firstly mentioned in the year 1290 as ''"Capella in Kirchperch"''. On 23 April 1949 Kirrberg was affiliated to the Bundesland

and because of that it is the youngest village of the Bundesland.

References

External links

Webpage of Kirrberg
{{Authority control Geography of Saarland Former municipalities in Saarland