Quierschied () is a municipality in the
district of Saarbrücken, in
Saarland
Saarland (, ; ) is a state of Germany in the southwest 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 the smallest in ...
,
Germany
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. It is situated approximately 11 km northeast of the city of
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...
.
Notable people
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Armin Hary
Armin Hary (; (born 22 March 1937) is a retired German sprinter who won the 1960 Olympic 100 meters dash. He was the first non-American to win the event since Percy Williams of Canada took the gold medal in 1928, the only German to ever win t ...
(born 22 March 1937), German athlete who won a gold medal in the men's 100 meter dash at the
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...
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Manfred Minnich (1923–1985), German
trumpet
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player
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Bruno Simma
Bruno Simma (born March 29, 1941, in Quierschied, Germany) is a German jurist who served as a judge on the International Court of Justice (ICJ), from 2003 until 2012.
He served as an affiliated overseas faculty member of the University of Michiga ...
(born 29 March 1941), German jurist who served as a judge on the
International Court of Justice
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from 2003 until 2012
References
External links
Offizielle Webseite der Gemeinde Quierschied
Saarbrücken (district)
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