Here you will find an overview of the types of cookies used on the website. You can set your consent for each category individually. Further information can be found in the privacy policy. The Saarland has a unique location embedded between three countries: To the south-west lies France, its westerly tip touches Luxembourg and to the north-east is Rhineland-Palatinate.
No other German region has undergone such changes of allegiance during the past years — at one time French, later an autonomous region and then again under German rule. However, the historical evidence found in the region takes us back a lot further: The Roman villa in Borg , for instance, an original reconstruction of a Roman estate, is an impressive reminder of the way people lived in Europe during the time of the Romans.
The most recent history of the region, however, the period of the European Coal and Steel Community ECSC , is almost a thing of the past.
The most important example of the Saarland's industrial heritage is the UNESCO World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte , the world's only remaining ironworks dating from the heyday of the iron and steel industries. Saarland's varied natural landscape is best discovered on foot or by bike, for example by walking the Saar-Hunsrück trail or taking part in a gourmet bike tour.
Fascination: UNESCO World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte The World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte Völklingen Ironworks , a monument to the Industrial Age, is a gigantic steelworks dating from the heyday of the iron industry, and is among the most unusual of the UNESCO Heritage Sites. Benedictine Abbey Tholey and church windows by Gerhard Richter In the north of the Saarland lies the Benedictine Abbey of Tholey.
