Saarbrücken

Saarbrücken (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}German pronunciation: [zaːɐ̯ˈbʁʏkn̩] ⓘ; lit. Saar Bridges; Rhenish Franconian: Sabrigge [zaːˈbʁɪɡə]; French: Sarrebruck[5] [saʁbʁyk]; Luxembourgish: Saarbrécken [zaːˈbʀekən] ⓘ; Latin: Saravipons) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commercial and cultural centre. It is located on the Saar River (a tributary of the Moselle), directly borders the French department of Moselle, and is Germany's second-westernmost state capital after Düsseldorf. The modern city of Saarbrücken was created in 1909 by the merger of the three cities of Saarbrücken (now called Alt-Saarbrücken), St. Johann a. d. Saar, and Malstatt-Burbach. It was the industrial and transport centre of the Saar coal basin. Products included iron and steel, sugar, beer, pottery, optical instruments, machinery, and construction materials.