Püttlingen (pronounced [ˈpʏtlɪŋən] ⓘ) is a town in Saarland, Germany, 10 km northwest of Saarbrücken.

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 Speicher, CDU[3]
  • 2019–incumbent : Denise Klein, SPD[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Püttlingen is twinned with:[5]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland, Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes, 27 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Fläche und Bevölkerung - Stand: 31.12.2022 (Basis Zensus 2011)" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes. June 2023.
  3. ^ Wahl Bürgermeister/in vom 7. Juni 2009 Archived 2017-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 November 2012
  4. ^ Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland, accessed 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Partnerschaften". puettlingen.de (in German). Püttlingen. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BCttlingen
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