Ottweiler Explained

Type:Stadt
Image Coa:DEU Ottweiler 1975 COA.svg
Coordinates:49.3667°N 17°W
Image Plan:Ottweiler in NK.svg
State:Saarland
District:Neunkirchen
Elevation:268
Area:45.51
Postal Code:66564
Area Code:06824, 06858
Licence:NK
Gemeindeschlüssel:10 0 43 115
Divisions:5
Website:www.ottweiler.de
Mayor:Holger Schäfer[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 29
Party:CDU

Ottweiler is a municipality, former seat of the district of Neunkirchen, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Blies, approx. 7 km north of Neunkirchen, and 25 km northeast of Saarbrücken.

Culture

The town is notable for the Ottweiler porcelain.

The Ottweiler Brewing Company was founded in Ottweiler in 1873. It was moved to the Karlsberg Brewery in Homburg in 1983.

People

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.saarland.de/stat/DE/_downloads/aktuelleTabellen/Wahlen/Direktwahlen/Gew%C3%A4hlte_B%C3%BCrgermeister_und_Landr%C3%A4te_im_Saarland.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=11 Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland