Brefeld (Sulzbach / Saar)

Brefeld City of Sulzbach / Saar Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 41 ″  N , 7 ° 3 ′ 10 ″  E
Height :	276–299 m above sea level NN
Area :	1.09 km²
Residents :	440  (May 2016)
Population density :	406 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	66280
Area code :	06897
Location of Brefeld in Saarland

Brefeld is a district of Sulzbach / Saar in the Saarbrücken regional association , Saarland .

Brefeld is located in the northwest of the city. State road 126 runs on the eastern edge of the smallest district .

Memorial stone to the accident of 1888 on the new Quiigart cemetery (formerly on the old cemetery). The boards bear the names of the crashed Quierschieder.

In 1872 the cross trench shafts were dug at the current Brefeld location . In 1888 there was a firedamp explosion in the Kreuzgraben mine, in which 41 miners were killed. In 1898 the Kreuzgraben pit and the district were renamed after the Prussian Minister for Trade and Commerce Ludwig Brefeld . The first houses were built just two years later. The Brefeld mine is no longer in operation.

See also

• List of architectural monuments in Sulzbach / Saar

Web links

• The place on www.sulzbach-saar.de
• The place at www.saarlandbilder.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Social Demographic data base www.sulzbach-saar.de, accessed on 11 October 2018
2. ↑ Bruno Alt: Police and crime in Quiigart . Ed .: Municipality of Quiigart. 2nd Edition. Quiersche 1997, p. 16 .