Wadgassen Explained
| Image Coa: | DEU Wadgassen COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 49.2667°N 52°W |
| Image Plan: | Wadgassen in SLS.svg |
| State: | Saarland |
| District: | Saarlouis |
| Elevation: | 187 |
| Area: | 25.93 |
| Postal Code: | 66787 |
| Area Code: | 06834 |
| Licence: | SLS |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 10 0 44 120 |
| Website: | www.wadgassen.de |
| Mayor: | Sebastian Greiber[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2019 - 29 |
| Party: | SPD |
Wadgassen is a municipality in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Saar, approx. 6 km southeast of Saarlouis, and 15 km west of Saarbrücken.
Religion
Between 1135 and 1792 the Premonstratensian Wadgassen Abbey (German: link=no|Prämonstratenser-Chorherrenstift Wadgassen) was located here.
Fusion
- 1974: Differten, Friedrichweiler, Hostenbach, Schaffhausen (Saar), Wadgassen (village), Werbeln
Politics
Local council
(as at 24 May 2014)[2]
Mayor
- From 1 May 2014 – today: Sebastian Greiber
- 1 May 1988 – 30 April 2014: Harald Braun, SPD
- 1974–1988: Dr. Friedrich Mouty, CDU
Twin town
Economy
- Glass industry (Villeroy & Boch).
- Mechanical engineering (Firma Koch; since 2007 FL SMIDTH KOCH MVT)
- Startup: Factory-Outlet-Center
Museums
- Deutsches Zeitungsmuseum (DZM) in the Abteihof (part of the former Premonstratensian abbey)
- Glashütte Museum: Villeroy & Boch
- Museum Academia Wadegotia – local history and living history of Wadgassen: Treppenstrasse 13 (csw Neubau), Wadgassen. Founded as institute museum.
- Saarländisches Zweiradmuseum on the site of the Cristallerie Wadgassen (closed on 30 September 2007)
Famous people
Sources and external links
Notes and References
- 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
- http://www.wadgassen.de/politik/gremien/gemeinderat.html''Official report of the Wadgassen town council
