Wadgassen 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 ...
, Germany. 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. 6 km southeast of
Saarlouis, and 15 km west 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 ...
.
Religion
Between 1135 and 1792 the
Premonstratensian Wadgassen Abbey
Wadgassen is a municipality in the Saarlouis (district), district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Saar (river), Saar, approx. 6 km southeast of Saarlouis, and 15 km west of Saarbrücken.
Religion
Between ...
(german: link=no, Prämonstratenser-Chorherrenstift Wadgassen) was located here.
Fusion
* 1974:
Differten,
Friedrichweiler,
Hostenbach,
Schaffhausen (Saar), Wadgassen (village),
Werbeln
Politics
Local council
(as at 24 May 2014)
report of the Wadgassen town council''
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Mayor
* From 1 May 2014 – today: Sebastian Greiber
* 1 May 1988 – 30 April 2014: Harald Braun, SPD
* 1974–1988: Dr. Friedrich Mouty, CDU
Twin town
* Arques ( Pas-de-Calais), France, since 1979
Economy
*Glass industry (Villeroy & Boch
Villeroy & Boch (, ) is a German manufacturer of ceramics, with the company headquarters located in Mettlach, Saarland.
History
The company began in the tiny Lorraine village of Audun le Tiche, where the iron master François Boch set up a pott ...
).
*Mechanical engineering (Firma Koch; since 2007 FL SMIDTH KOCH MVT)
*Startup: Factory-Outlet-Center
Museums
* Deutsches Zeitungsmuseum (DZM) in the ''Abteihof'' (part of the former Premonstratensian abbey)
* Glashütte Museum: Villeroy & Boch
* Museum Academia Wadegotia – local history and living history of Wadgassen: Treppenstrasse 13 (csw Neubau), Wadgassen. Founded as institute museum.
* Saarländisches Zweiradmuseum on the site of the Cristallerie Wadgassen (closed on 30 September 2007)
Famous people
* Daniel Braun, author and journalist
* Johannes Kirschweng, poet
Sources and external links
*
museum.academia-wadegotia.de (History and living history of Wadgassen)
References
Saarlouis (district)
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