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{{About|the town in Germany|the town in France|Sarrebourg}}
{{Infobox German location
|type               = Stadt
|image_photo       = Wasserfall-Saarburg-Amueseum-2016.jpg
|image_coa            = DEU Saarburg COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|49|37|N|6|33|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Saarburg in TR.svg
|state        = Rheinland-Pfalz
|district         = Trier-Saarburg
|Verbandsgemeinde  = Saarburg-Kell
|elevation              = 159
|area            = 20.63
|postal_code               = 54439
|area_code           = 06581
|licence               = TR, SAB
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 2 35 118
|divisions         = 4 
|website           = [http://www.saarburg.de/ saarburg.de]
|mayor             = Jürgen Dixius<ref>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/2350000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Trier-Saarburg], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 2 August 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2019&ndash;24
|party             = CDU
}}

'''Saarburg''' ({{IPA|de|ˈzaːɐ̯bʊʁk|-|De-Saarburg.ogg}}, {{IPA|de|ˈzaːɐ̯bʊʁç|}}) is a town of the [[Trier-Saarburg]] district, in the state of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]], on the banks of the river [[Saar (river)|Saar]] in the hilly country a few kilometres upstream from the Saar's junction with the [[Moselle]]. Now known as a tourist attraction, the river Leuk flows into the town centre and makes a spectacular drop of 18 metres before joining the larger Saar that bisects the town. The waterfall is the result of a 13th-century project to redirect the Leuk through the city centre.

Saarburg is the seat of the ''[[Verbandsgemeinde]]'' ("collective municipality") [[Saarburg-Kell]]. The area around Saarburg is noted for the cultivation of [[Riesling]] [[grape]]s.

==History==
[[File:LASB K Hellwig 0861.jpg|thumb|City and castle of Saarburg 1830]]
The history of the city begins with the construction of the now-ruined castle by Graf [[Siegfried of Luxembourg]] in 964.  It received its town charter in 1291.  The city has a [[bell (instrument)|bell]] [[foundry]], the Glockengießerei Mabilion, which has been in operation since the 1770s, and {{As of|2003|lc=on}} the only one in Germany that produces [[bronze]] bells.

From 1945 to 1948 Saarburg was occupied by troops from [[Luxembourg]]. From 18 July 1946 to 6 June 1947 [[Onsdorf]], in its then municipal boundary, formed part of the [[Saar (protectorate)|Saar Protectorate]]. French troops complemented the occupation until 1955.

Saarburg has a proud history with bells, being the producers of bells for many German cathedrals.

== Gallery ==
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File:Saarburg, Burg, Ober- und Unterstadt Dm positie2 foto8 2017-05-29 11.18.jpg|Saarburg, castle, Ober- und Unterstadt
File:Saarburg, die Katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Laurentius Dm1 met de Moezel op de voorgrond foto32017-05-29 11.36.jpg|Catholic church (Pfarrkirche Sankt Laurentius) 
File:Saarburg, die evangelische Pfarrkirche Dm met boot in Moesel en brug foto3 2017-05-29 11.25.jpg|Reformed church and the river Saar
File:EvKircheSaarburgGlasfensterChorfenster.png|Stained glass by Werner Persy in the Protestant Church Saarburg
</gallery>


==Twin towns — sister cities==
Saarburg is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:

* {{flagicon|France}} [[Sarrebourg]], France (1952)
* {{flagicon|France}} [[Soulac-sur-Mer]], France (1972)

==Born in Saarburg==
* [[Marianne Baum]] (1912–1942), resistance fighter against Nazism
* [[Alexander von Warsberg]] (1836–1889), Austrian government official and travel writer

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.saarburg.de Saarburg homepage]
* [http://www.diveguy.net/germany/2002/saar_river/ Account of a Saarburg visit, with much detail]
* [https://archive.today/20090326055426/http://www.websitewiki.de/Saarburg Websites in Saarburg]

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[[Category:964 establishments]]
[[Category:Towns in Rhineland-Palatinate]]
[[Category:Trier-Saarburg]]
[[Category:10th-century establishments in Germany]]


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