Püttlingen () is a town 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, a ...

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, 10 km northwest 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 ...

Geography

The town lies in the Köller Valley, approximately 20 km to the northwest of

and 5 km north of Völklingen. Going in a clockwise direction from the north, the neighbouring communities are Heusweiler,

Riegelsberg Riegelsberg () is a municipality in the District of Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. It is situated approximately 9 km northwest of Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saar ...

, Saarbrücken and Völklingen in the Regionalverband Saarbrücken and the communities of Bous and Schwalbach in the Landkreis Saarlouis.

Climate

The annual precipitation amounts to 834 mm which places it in the top third of German locales according to the German Weather Service. The driest month is April, while November, the wettest month, sees 1.4 times as much rain.

Subdivision

The town is composed of the subdivisions of Püttlingen (made up of the Berg, Bengesen and Ritterstraße areas) and Köllerbach (made up of the Engelfangen, Etzenhofen, Herchenbach, Kölln, Rittenhofen, and Sellerbach areas).

Mayors

* 1946–1949: Peter Zimmer * 1949–1956: Peter Müller * 1956–1966: Nikolaus Boßmann, CDU * 1966–1974: Hans Koch, independent * 1974–2001: Rudolf Müller, CDU * 2002–2019: Martin Speiche, CDU * 2019–incumbent : Denise Klein, SPDGewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland
accessed 19 June 2021.

Twin towns – sister cities

Püttlingen is twinned with: *

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, Mali *

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, France *

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, Italy *

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, Poland *

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, France *

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, Germany * Veszprém, Hungary * Žamberk, Czech Republic

Notable people

* Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (born 1962), politician (CDU) * Patrik Kühnen (born 1966), tennis player and

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team captain * Johann Nikolaus Weislinger (1691–1755), Jesuit polemicist * Hendrick Zuck (born 1990), footballer

References

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