Püttlingen

Püttlingen (German: [ˈpʏt.lɪŋ.ən] (listen); French and consequently English exonym Puttelange-lès-Sarrelouis) is a town in Saarland, Germany, 10 km northwest of Saarbrücken.

Püttlingen
Town
Püttlingen
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of Püttlingen within Saarbrücken district
Püttlingen
Püttlingen
Coordinates: 49°17′N 6°53′E
CountryGermany
StateSaarland
DistrictSaarbrücken
Subdivisions2
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Denise Klein[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total23.94 km2 (9.24 sq mi)
Elevation
273 m (896 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total18,318
 • Density770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
66337–66346
Dialling codes06806, 06898
Vehicle registrationSB
Websitewww.puettlingen.de

Geography

The town lies in the Köller Valley, approximately 20 km to the northwest of Saarbrücken and 5 km north of Völklingen. Going in a clockwise direction from the north, the neighbouring communities are Heusweiler, Riegelsberg, 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[3]
  • 2019–incumbent : Denise Klein, SPD[1]

Twin towns – sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Püttlingen is twinned with:[4]

Notable people

References
  1. Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland, accessed 19 June 2021.
  2. "Saarland.de – Amtliche Einwohnerzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2020" (PDF). Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes (in German). June 2021.
  3. Wahl Bürgermeister/in vom 7. Juni 2009 Archived 2017-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 November 2012
  4. "Partnerschaften". puettlingen.de (in German). Püttlingen. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
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