Ottweiler () is a municipality, former seat of the
district of Neunkirchen, 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
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It is situated on the river
Blies
The Blies () is a right tributary of the Saar in southwestern Germany (Saarland) and northeastern France (Moselle). The Blies flows from three springs in the Hunsrück near Selbach, Germany. It is roughly 100 km long, ending in the French c ...
, approx. 7 km north of
Neunkirchen, and 25 km northeast of
Saarbrücken.
Culture
The town is notable for the
Ottweiler porcelain.
The Ottweiler Brewing Company was founded in Ottweiler in 1873. It was moved to the
Karlsberg Brewery in
Homburg in 1983.
People
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Ludwig Steeg (1894-1945), politician, mayor from Berlin from 1940-1945
References
External links
Official website
Neunkirchen (German district)
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