Friedrichsthal is a town and a municipality in the district of Saarbrücken, of

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 approximately 13 km northeast 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 ...

. Friedrichsthal (Saar) station is located on the Bingen (Rhein)–Saarbrücken railway.

History

In 1723 the place was founded with a glass foundry by

Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler Frederick Louis of Nassau-Ottweiler (13 November 1651 – 25 May 1728) was a member of the House of Nassau. Biography He was born in Ottweiler, the son of John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler and Countess Palatine Dorothea Catherine of Birken ...

Sons and daughters of the city

* Johannes Driessler (1921-1998), composer * Manfred Römbell (1941-2010), writer

References

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