Püttlingen

Püttlingen
Püttlingen
	Püttlingen
	Coat of arms
	Location of Püttlingen within Saarbrücken district
	Püttlingen Püttlingen
	Coordinates: 49°17′N 6°53′E
Country	Germany
State	Saarland
District	Saarbrücken
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor	Denise Klein (SPD)
Area
• Total	23.94 km2 (9.24 sq mi)
Elevation	273 m (896 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	18,348
• Density	770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	66337–66346
Dialling codes	06806, 06898
Vehicle registration	SB
Website	www.puettlingen.de

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.

Geography

Geographic Location

The town lies in the Köllertal, approximately 20km to the northwest of Saarbrücken and 5km 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 834mm 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.

Town 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
since 2002: Martin Speiche, CDU

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Sons and daughters of the town

Johann Nikolaus Weislinger (1691–1755), Jesuit polemicist
Martin Speicher (born 1951), politician (CDU), mayor of Püttlingen
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (born 1962), politician (CDU)
Patrik Kühnen (born 1966), tennis player and Davis Cup team captain
Marcus Hammerschmitt (born 1967), novelist, winner of numerous literary awards
Hendrick Zuck (born 1990), football player

References

"Saarland.de – Amtliche Einwohnerzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2019" (PDF). Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes (in German). July 2020.
Wahl Bürgermeister/in vom 7. Juni 2009 Archived 2017-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Auf: www.puettlingen.de, accessed 2. November 2012

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[1] "Saarland.de – Amtliche Einwohnerzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2019" (PDF). Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes (in German). July 2020.

[2] Wahl Bürgermeister/in vom 7. Juni 2009 Archived 2017-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Auf: www.puettlingen.de, accessed 2. November 2012