Püttlingen
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Püttlingen (pronounced [ˈpʏt.lɪŋ.ən] ⓘ) is a town in Saarland, Germany, 10 km northwest of Saarbrücken.
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Püttlingen | |
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Location of Püttlingen within Saarbrücken district | |
Coordinates: 49°17′N 6°53′E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Saarland |
District | Saarbrücken |
Subdivisions | 2 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–29) | Denise Klein[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 23.94 km2 (9.24 sq mi) |
Elevation | 273 m (896 ft) |
Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 18,269 |
• Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 66337–66346 |
Dialling codes | 06806, 06898 |
Vehicle registration | SB |
Website | www.puettlingen.de |
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).
Püttlingen is twinned with:[5]
- Ber, Mali
- Créhange, France
- Fresagrandinaria, Italy
- Nowa Sól, Poland
- Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, France
- Senftenberg, Germany
- Veszprém, Hungary
- Žamberk, Czech Republic
- Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (born 1962), politician (CDU)
- Patrik Kühnen (born 1966), tennis player and Davis Cup team captain
- Johann Nikolaus Weislinger (1691–1755), Jesuit polemicist
- Hendrick Zuck (born 1990), footballer
- Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland, Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes, 27 March 2022.
- "Amtliche Einwohnerzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2021" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes. June 2022.
- Wahl Bürgermeister/in vom 7. Juni 2009 Archived 2017-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 November 2012
- Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland, accessed 19 June 2021.
- "Partnerschaften". puettlingen.de (in German). Püttlingen. Retrieved 2021-03-11.