St. Ingbert (also ''Sankt Ingbert''; pfl, Dingmert or ''Dimbert'') is a town in the

Saarpfalz Saarpfalz (''Saar-Palatinate'') is a Kreis (district) in the south-east of the Saarland, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Saarbrücken, Neunkirchen, Kusel, Kaiserslautern, Südwestpfalz, district-free Zweibrücken, and the ...

district 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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with a population of 35,213 (2020). It is situated approximately 10 km north-east of Saarbrücken and 10 km south-west of Neunkirchen.

History

St. Ingbert is named after the Irish Saint St Ingobert and for 300 years belonged to the electorate of Trier.

Economy

Sankt Ingbert is an old industrial town, but most of its heavy industries (coal, steel, glass) have long closed down. Major employers now include the software company

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and

Festo Festo is a German automation company based in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. Festo produces and sells pneumatic and electrical control systems and drive technology for factories and process automation. Festo Didactic also offers industrial ed ...

automation technologies.

Transport

The town is served by St. Ingbert railway station. St. Ingbert is situated only 10 km away from the

Saarbrücken Airport Saarbrücken Airport , or ''Flughafen Saarbrücken'' or ''Ensheim Airport'' in German, is a minor international airport in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It features flights to major cities throughout Germany as well a ...

Culture

The Saarländisches Karnevalsmuseum exhibits carnival costumes of the Saar region. The St. Ingberter Pfanne is a well-known cabaret event, which took first place in 1985. The Internationales Jazzfestival Sankt Ingbert took first place in 1987.

Twin towns – sister cities

Sankt Ingbert is twinned with: *

Saint-Herblain Saint-Herblain (; br, Sant-Ervlan, ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, administrative region of Pays de la Loire (Brittany as historical region), France. It is the largest suburb of the city of Nantes, and lies adjacent to its w ...

, France (1981) * N'Diaganiao, Senegal (1986) *

Radebeul Radebeul ( hsb, Radobyle) is a town (''große Kreisstadt'') in the Elbe valley in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany, a suburb of Dresden. It is well known for its viticulture, a museum dedicated to writer Karl May, and a narrow gaug ...

, Germany (1987)

Notable people

* Albert Weisgerber (1878–1915), painter * Anton Betz (1883–1984), journalist and publisher *

Jupp Derwall Josef "Jupp" Derwall (10 March 1927 – 26 June 2007) was a German professional football manager and player. He was head coach of the West Germany national team between 1978 and 1984, winning the UEFA Euro 1980 and reaching the final of the 198 ...

(1927–2007), football player and manager, died here * Peter Hartz (born 1941), businessman * Bernd Schneider (born 1964), racing driver

References

External links

Official website
Towns in Saarland Saarpfalz-Kreis Palatinate (region) {{Saarland-geo-stub