Püttlingen
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Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ' N , 6 ° 53' E |
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| State : | Saarland | |
| County : | Regional association Saarbrücken | |
| Height : | 273 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 23.93 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 18,348 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 767 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 66346 | |
| Primaries : | 06806, 06898 | |
| License plate : | SB | |
| Community key : | 10 0 41 515 | |
| LOCODE : | DE PLI | |
| City structure: | 2 districts | |
City administration address : |
Rathausplatz 1 66346 Püttlingen |
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| Mayoress : | Denise Klein ( SPD ) | |
| Location of the city of Püttlingen in the Saarbrücken regional association | ||
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Püttlingen (in the local Moselle Franconian dialect Piddlinge ) is a city in the southern Saarland and belongs to the Saarbrücken regional association .
geography
Geographical location
The city is located in the Köllertal , about 15 kilometers northwest of Saarbrücken and five kilometers north of Völklingen . Neighboring communities are (clockwise from the north) Heusweiler , Riegelsberg , Saarbrücken and Völklingen in the Saarbrücken regional association and the communities Bous and Schwalbach in the Saarlouis district .
climate
The annual precipitation is 834 mm and is thus in the upper third of the values recorded by the measuring points of the German Weather Service . 69% indicate lower values. The driest month is April; it rains most in November. In the wettest month there is around 1.4 times more rain than in the driest month. The seasonal fluctuations in precipitation are in the lower tenth. In just one percent of all locations, the monthly precipitation fluctuates less.
City structure
The city consists of the districts Püttlingen (with the districts Berg, Bengesen and Ritterstraße) and Köllerbach (with the districts Engelfangen, Etzenhofen, Herchenbach, Kölln, Rittenhofen and Sellerbach).
history
middle Ages
In the Middle Ages , Püttlingen was owned by the Metz bishops. During the investiture controversy (1075–1122), the Metz bishops, loyal to the emperor, transferred the area around Püttlingen to the Lords of Forbach , but they themselves retained the suzerainty over Püttlingen.
In 1365 Henriette, the last owner of the Forbach family, married Johann I von Kriechingen and Püttlingen was transferred to the Kriechingen family. Johann I chose Püttlingen as the seat of an office that also included Obersalbach, Rockershausen and Luisenthal. However, due to the fact that Püttlingen was still a fiefdom of the bishopric of Metz , but at the same time belonged to the Grafschaft Kriechingen , which was an imperial fief , Püttlingen assumed a special role in the Franco-German border area, and thus increasingly became a politically independent territory pushed.
Early modern age
In 1552 the course was in the Treaty of Chambord Metz under French protectorate in exchange for French support of Protestant princes against the Emperor Charles V taken. Since Püttlingen was a Metzer fief, it also fell under French patronage. Even after the Thirty Years' War in 1648 and the Reunion Wars in 1697, Püttlingen and Metz remained French.
18th century
In 1766, the French King Louis XV. the rule Püttlingen against the strategically more favorable territory of the Wadgassen Abbey with Prince Wilhelm Heinrich von Nassau-Saarbrücken and Prince Christian Ludwig zu Wied-Runkel (1762-1791), Lord of Püttlingen, in the so-called exchange agreement of February 15, 1766. With it France renounced the Metzische exclave. In 1788 Christian Ludwig sold the rule of Püttlingen to Prince Ludwig von Nassau-Saarbrücken and from this point on Püttlingen no longer belonged to the County of Kriechingen .
French Revolution and Congress of Vienna
In the years 1792-1793 the areas on the Saar were occupied by French revolutionary troops. Püttlingen (otherwise called Puttelange-lès-Sarrelouis or Pettelange-Créhange ) was assigned to the re-established Kingdom of France and assigned to the Moselle department . In the Second Peace of Paris (1815) the region and thus Püttlingen was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia after Napoleon was defeated by the Allies at Waterloo on June 21, 1815 .
As a result, the town Püttlingen belonged to the mayor Völklingen in district Saarbrücken , while the small towns in the middle Köllertal the mayoralty Sell Erbach were assigned.
industrialization
The Köllertal was predominantly agricultural until the second half of the 19th century mining the industrialization ushered in the region. In 1866 and 1881, the hard coal mines Viktoria I and II were sunk in Püttlingen . The Aspenschacht followed in 1891 and in 1902 the Viktoria III pit in the Engelfangen district of Köllerbach.
Due to the strong influx of workers, there was a rapid population growth and with it the expansion of the villages, which led to a shift in focus in the administrative structures. In 1868 Püttlingen therefore left the Völklingen mayor and became an independent municipality.
20th century
After the First World War in 1919, the Saar area was separated from Germany and came under French occupation. On January 10, 1920, the Versailles peace treaty stipulated that the Saar region should be administered by the League of Nations in Geneva, but economically belong to France. After a period of 15 years, the citizens of the Saar region should then be able to decide freely about their future state membership. During this time there was a domain school in Püttlingen .
In the referendum on January 13, 1935, 90.8% of the Saar population decided to reintegrate into Germany, which was then carried out on March 1, 1935 - the Saar area was rejoined to the German Reich.
After the Second World War , Püttlingen came under American occupation, and on July 29, 1945, under French occupation. On November 17, 1947, the Saarland with the Saar mines was economically connected to France and incorporated into the French currency and customs area. The state constitution of Saarland was adopted on December 15, 1947.
On October 23, 1954, the agreement between the governments of the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the Saar Statute was negotiated between the German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and the French Prime Minister Pierre Mendès France . Until the conclusion of a peace treaty with Germany, the agreement provided for the Saarland to be subordinate to a commissioner from the Western European Union . This should represent the country externally. However, the Saarland government should continue to be responsible for internal affairs and the economic connection to France should be maintained. However, closer economic networking with the Federal Republic was also planned.
In the referendum on the agreement on October 23, 1955 on the European Statute of the Saarland , Püttlingen voted as follows: 2569 eligible voters voted “Yes”; 6259 eligible voters voted “No”. In Köllerbach, 1,333 voters voted with “Yes” and 2,481 voters with “No”. Through the negotiations that followed and the Luxembourg Treaty of October 27, 1956, in which France agreed to the reintegration of the Saarland under West German sovereignty , Püttlingen became the Federal Republic politically on January 1, 1957 and economically on July 6, 1959 ("Day X") Germany attached.
On May 21, 1968 Püttlingen was raised to the rank of town.
Incorporations
The town of Püttlingen and the municipality of Köllerbach were merged on January 1, 1974 as part of the municipal reform .
Population development
(as of December 31st)
| year | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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| Residents | 20,822 | 20,679 | 20,682 | 20,693 | 20,853 | 20,956 | 20,887 | 20,765 | 20,552 | 20,142 | 19,134 | 18,848 | 18,668 | 18,707 | 18,748 |
politics
City council
The Püttlingen city council has 33 council members. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following result:
| Political party | Share of votes | Seats |
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| CDU | 42.04% | 15th |
| SPD | 29.86% | 11 |
| GREEN | 8.04% | 2 |
| LEFT | 7.45% | 2 |
| AfD | 6.17% | 2 |
| Free community of voters | 5.00% | 1 |
| FDP | 2.44% | 0 |
mayor
- 1868–1904: Johann Pickard
- 1905–1919: Josef Mattonet
- 1921–1938: Ludwig Georg
- 1938–1945: Jakob Jung
- 1946–1949: Peter Zimmer
- 1949–1956: Peter Müller
- 1956–1966: Nikolaus Boßmann , CDU
- 1966–1974: Hans Koch, independent (from 1968 mayor of the city)
- 1974–2001: Rudolf Müller, CDU
- 2002–2019: Martin Speicher , CDU
- since 2019: Denise Klein, SPD
coat of arms
Blazon : Through a curved point, in a blue field sprinkled with nine golden shingles, a right-turned, red-armored and red-tongued golden crowned lion. In the right upper corner in red a floating silver anchor cross, in the left upper corner in silver a red bar.
The Püttlinger coat of arms was awarded to the city on May 9, 1975 by the Saarland Minister of the Interior with the following description: “A red-armored and red-tongued golden crowned lion, split by a curved tip, in a blue field sprinkled with nine golden shingles; in front a floating silver anchor cross in red, behind in silver a red bar. ”The coat of arms contains elements of the coats of arms of the formerly independent municipalities of Püttlingen and Köllerbach.
The silver anchor cross in the red field and the red bar in the silver field come from the former Püttlinger coat of arms and are taken from the family coat of arms of the Grafschaft Kriechingen , which led the red bar as the main coat of arms, while the anchor cross came from their rule Simmern (Septfontaines) in Luxembourg. The lion in the blue field comes from the former Köllerbach coat of arms, taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken . The nine golden shingles attached to the lion are intended to refer to the nine districts of the city of Püttlingen, namely Berg, Bengesen, Ritterstraße in the Püttlingen district and Engelfangen, Sellerbach, Etzenhofen, Herchenbach, Rittenhofen and Kölln in the Köllerbach district.
The city also has its own logo.
Town twinning
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Créhange (German "Kriechingen") in Lorraine , France since 1970 -
Saint-Michel-sur-Orge in the Essonne department , France since 1978
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Senftenberg in Brandenburg since 1989 -
Ber in Mali since 1990
Together with Saint-Michel-sur-Orge and Senftenberg and the following cities, Püttlingen signed a "European City Alliance for Youth and Cultural Exchange" on May 26, 1996:
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Fresagrandinaria in Abruzzo , Italy
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Nowa Sól (Eng. "New salt on the Oder") in Poland
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Žamberk (Eng. "Senftenberg in Bohemia") in the Czech Republic
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Veszprém in Hungary
Culture and sights
Museums
- The Saarland clock museum in Uhrmachers Haus is located in the Köllerbach district.
Buildings
- The castle Bucherbach was first mentioned in the year 1326th Today it only exists as a ruin.
- The Martinskirche in the Kölln district was first mentioned in 1223 and is one of the oldest late Gothic churches in the region today .
- The Kreuzkapelle was built in 1584.
- Heilig-Kreuz Monastery , built between 1956 and 1960, is a Redemptorist monastery .
- The Liebfrauenkirche was built in 1888/90 and redesigned and expanded in 1953/54 according to plans by the Cologne church builders Dominikus Böhm and Gottfried Böhm .
- The Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Köllerbach was built between 1897 and 1900.
- The parish church of St. Sebastian is also known as the Köllertal Cathedral . It was built in 1908/09 based on the model of the Maria Laach Abbey Church in neo-Romanesque style.
- The Püttlinger Wasserburg . Its foundations were found during excavations in autumn 2002 and made visible on the surface. It turned out that the Hexenturm was not the last tower of a moated castle, but was built as a prison tower under the Prussian government in the 18th century.
Parks
- In the city park there is a castle and the witch tower .
- The Pfarrer-Rug-Park is located in Köllerbach behind the Martinskirche and the sister house.
Regular events
In Püttlingen is traditionally held on the Sunday before All Saints the mantle Sunday celebrated as the Sunday opening.
The Püttling city festival takes place in mid-August.
The Rocco del Schlacko music festival has been taking place since 1999 , with artists such as Korn , Limp Bizkit , Billy Talent , The Offspring , The Hives and national acts such as Die Toten Hosen , Die Fantastischen Vier , Deichkind , Beatsteaks , Kraftklub , Scooter , Donots and Seeed or SXTN came.
The first Hinterwald Festival took place in 1981, which, at over 35 years old, is one of the longest-running free and outdoor festivals.
In addition, the city biathlon of the world's elite has been held every year since 2005 , in which Olympic and world champions such as Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Kati Wilhelm , Michael Greis , Raphaël Poirée and Sven Fischer have participated.
Village festivals are celebrated in the districts of Köllerbach, where special culinary delicacies are offered: Engelfangen village festival ( fruit and horticultural association Köllerbach), Etzenhofen village festival (Etzenhofen fruit and horticultural association), Rittenhofen village festival (Rittenhofen village sponsorship association) Herchenbach village festival (fruit and horticultural association) Herchenbach).
Since 2006, several literary events have been held in Püttlingen every year at prominent locations and private gardens in Püttlingen and Köllerbach with the Püttlingen literary quartet Vera Hewener , Georg Fox , Margret Roeckner and Eva Dörr-Vieregge . Since 2007 the events have been taking place under the label "Literatissimo". On June 30, 2009, a literature trail with currently 11 stations was opened. Poems by the Püttlinger literary quartet and by a guest author can be read behind eleven glass panels. They are exchanged regularly. The circular route is eleven kilometers long. It can also be walked in two loops, the “Püttlinger Loop” with 2.5 kilometers or the “Köllerbacher Loop” with 5.2 kilometers. The eleven stations of the Püttlinger Literaturweg are: 1. Kulturbahnhof Püttlingen (Bahnhofstrasse 74) 2. Püttlinger Schlösschen (Stadtpark, Völklinger Strasse) 3. Rathaus Püttlingen (Rathausplatz 1) 4. Former sister house in Köllerbach (Sprenger Str. 26) 5. Blumenhaus Feld (Mühlenstraße 48) 6. Wendalinus Chapel (corner of Hauptstraße and Mühlenstraße) 7. Maltitzbrunnen (Brunnenstraße) 8. Burgapotheke (Sprenger Straße 9) 9. Uhrmachers Haus (Engelfanger Straße 3) 10. Bookshop Balzert (Pickardstraße 31) 11. Pfarrheim Liebfrauen ( Kardinal-Maurer-Strasse 15).
Economy and Infrastructure
Companies
In the Etzenhofen district of Köllerbach is the Etzenhofen industrial park with a total size of approx. 15 hectares. a. Industries of mechanical engineering , the metalworking , logistics companies , wholesale , automotive trade , companies in the construction industry . After the closure of a plain bearing factory in December 2004 and the subsequent dismantling of the production facility and complete soil renovation , an area of two hectares has become available for new settlements. The Viktoria industrial park is located in the Ritterstrasse district of Püttlingen .
Public facilities
The Catholic parish of Liebfrauen in the Püttlingen district and the Catholic parish Herz Jesu in the Köllerbach district are responsible for public libraries in Püttlingen.
education
In Püttlingen there are three primary schools , an extended secondary school as well as a state special school for physical and motor development and a branch of the state special school for social development. Other educational institutions are various day-care centers for children , the Musikschule Püttlingen e. V., as well as the adult education center in Püttlingen.
traffic
The Püttlinger road network has a length of around 85 km. There are three state roads in the city : the L 136 from Völklingen in the direction of Lebach, the L 139 from Schwalbach / Sprengen in the direction of Riegelsberg and the L 269 from the entrance to Püttlingen in the direction of Riegelsberg.
The connection to the motorway network takes place through junction points in the surrounding neighboring communities : In the neighboring town of Völklingen on the A 620 (Saarbrücken- Mannheim ), on the boundary to the Schwalbach community in the Köllerbach district, Herchenbach on the A 8 ( Pirmasens - Luxembourg ) as well as in the neighboring municipality of Riegelsberg to the A1 (Saarbrücken- Trier - Koblenz ).
In the area of local public transport , Püttlingen is connected to the supraregional transport network via the bus services operated by Saar-Pfalz-Bus GmbH and the Saarland Transport Association. The Püttlingen city and districts are connected to each other every hour by the so-called ring bus , a privately operated local bus service subsidized by the city of Püttlingen. The city no longer has a connection to the railway network since passenger traffic on the Lebach – Völklingen ( Köllertalbahn ) line was discontinued in 1985 and the Völklingen – Etzenhofen section was dismantled in the years thereafter.
Personalities
Honorary citizen
→ List of honorary citizens of Püttlingen
Anchor cross of the city of Püttlingen
The anchor cross of the city of Püttlingen is an award for deserving citizens of the city. The round medal on the red and white ribbon is awarded with a certificate. So far (2008) eight people have received this award: Theodolinde Katzenmaier , Klaus Peter, Gerhard Speicher, Norbert Frank, Joachim Conrad , Prioress Sr. Hildegard Kossorz, Georg Fox, Arthur Walz. In 2013, four other personalities were honored with the anchor cross for their work in and around Püttlingen: Mia Jungmann, Josef Himbert, Paul Sperling and Engelbert Stein.
sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Nikolaus Weislinger (1691–1755), Catholic pastor and controversial theologian
- Wilhelm Eberschweiler (1837–1921), Jesuit, mystic and novice master
- Eugen Meyer (1893–1972), historian, archivist and university professor
- Josef Clemens Cardinal Maurer (1900–1990), Archbishop of Sucre in Bolivia
- Werner Zimmer (1929-2019), wrestler
- Leo Krämer (* 1944), church musician, conductor and university professor
- Gerd Meyer (* 1944), managing director of Saar-Toto and Saarland-Spielbank-GmbH, politician
- Martin Speicher (* 1951), politician (CDU), mayor of the city of Püttlingen
- Sigi Siegert (* 1953), actress and theater maker
- Martin Speicher (* 1958), jazz saxophonist and composer
- Stefan Hussong (* 1962), accordionist
- Patrik Kühnen (* 1966), tennis player and Davis Cup team captain
- Frank Bayard (* 1971), Catholic clergyman, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- Johannes Trümpler (* 1981), church musician
- Hendrick Zuck (* 1990), football player
Personalities who have worked in the place
- Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (* 1962), politician, federal chairwoman of the CDU , Minister-President of Saarland from 2011 to 2018; was city councilor in Püttlingen until 2011
literature
- Günther and Maria Altmeyer: Püttlingen residents' book 1868–1910 (= communications from the Working Group for Saarland Family Studies Vol. 46), Saarbrücken 2004
- Joachim Conrad (Hrsg.): 775 years Evangelical Martinskirche zu Kölln 1223–1998 . Lectures and programs from the festival year together with a lecture on the 30th return of the Püttlingen town elevation, (= contributions to the history of the Köllertal vol. 8), Püttlingen 1999.
- Joachim Conrad, Rainer Knauf, Günther Scharwath: St. Martin zu Kölln (= topic: monographs on art and cultural history in the Saar region, vol. 9), Walsheim 1999
- Joachim Conrad (Ed.): 400 years of the renaissance pulpit in Martinskirche zu Kölln. Sermons and programs (= publications of the presbytery of the Kölln parish, vol. 1), Saarbrücken 2001
- Joachim Conrad (Hrsg.): The Protestant Martinskirche in Köllerbach and its historical cemetery . Avec résumé en français (= cultural monuments in the Saarbrücken city association), Saarbrücken 2001
- Joachim Conrad (Ed.): Karl Ludwig Rug - Life and Work (= topic: Monographs on Art and Cultural History in the Saar Region, Vol. 11), Blieskastel 2001
- Joachim Conrad: Evangelical life in Püttlingen . Festschrift for the 70th birthday of Pastor i. R. Margund Braun (= publications of the presbytery of the Kölln parish, vol. 8), Püttlingen 2005
- Joachim Conrad: The Protestant Martinskirche in Kölln / Saar (= DKV art guide No. 226), 2nd edition, Munich / Berlin 2006
- Josef Gillet: Source book on the history of the rule Püttlingen (Saar)
- Albert Hardt: Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch , Wiesbaden 2007, Volumes 4 and 5.
- Hans-Walter Herrmann: Püttlingen in turbulent times, politics and society 1918–1945, Saarbrücken 2008.
- Lorenz Himbert and Günter Altmeyer: Köllertaler Familienbuch 2: Families of the Catholic parishes of Kölln with Elm and Sprengen before 1850.
- Lorenz Himbert, Günter Altmeyer: Köllertaler Familienbuch 3: Families of the Catholic parishes of Kölln with Elm and Sprengen as well as Güchenbach 1850 to 1910.
- Rainer Knauf (Ed.): The historical gravestones in the churchyard of the Martinskirche zu Kölln. An inventory (= sources on the history of the Köllertal, edited by Joachim Conrad, Patrick Engel, vol. 7), Püttlingen 2000
- Hans-Joachim Kühn and Robert Baltes: On the history of the parish Herz Jesu Köllerbach , Krüger, Dillingen
- Hans-Joachim Kühn: When a cow does not want to stare… Herbal medicine and folk magic around 1800. Stadenverlag, Saarbrücken, ISBN 3-935348-13-4
- Michael Müller and Paul Sperling: Archive Pictures Püttlingen , Erfurt 2006, ISBN 978-3-86680-023-6 .
- Anne Katharina Pfeifer (Ed.): Strong food for the perfect. The catechism of the Kölln pastor Johann Friedrich Rupp from 1780 (= publications of the presbytery of the Kölln parish , vol. 4), Püttlingen 2003, pp. 5–11
- Karl Rug: Bucherbach Castle in the Köllertal . Published by the city of Püttlingen, Püttlingen 1984
- Karl Rug (Ed.): The Protestant Families of the Köllertal before 1840 (= communications from the Working Group for Saarländische Familienkunde e.V., 16th special volume), Saarbrücken 1984
- Karl Rug (Hrsg.): Families of the Protestant Parish Kölln and the Evangelical Lutheran Parish Walpershofen 1840-1910 . Edited by Rudolf Budenz, Werner Ludwig Klein, Werner Habicht, (= communications from the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Saarländische Familienkunde e.V., 34th special volume), Saarbrücken 1994
Web links
- City of Püttlingen
- Literature about Püttlingen in the Saarland Bibliography
- Friends of the village of Rittenhofen
- Link catalog on the subject of Püttlingen at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saarland.de - Official population figures as of December 31, 2019 (PDF; 20 kB) ( help ).
- ↑ Arnold Ilgemann: "French schools". The French domain schools during the League of Nations , lecture manuscript from June 22, 1993
- ^ Gerhard Franz: The victory of the naysayers, 50 years after the vote on the Saar Statute , Blieskastel 2005, p. 180.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 807 .
- ^ Official final result of the election to the city council on May 26th, 2019. Puettlingen.de, June 9, 2019, accessed on May 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Election of the City Council of the City of Püttlingen on May 25, 2014 ( Memento of the original of May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: www.puettlingen.de, accessed on May 28, 2014
- ↑ City Council. puettlingen.de, accessed on May 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Coat of arms and logo ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: www.puettlingen.de, accessed on November 2, 2012
- ↑ saarland.digicult-museen.net
- ↑ Etzenhofen industrial estate ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: www.puettlingen.de, accessed on November 2, 2012
- ↑ a b c Püttlingen - figures, data, facts ( memento of the original from August 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: www.puettlingen.de, accessed on November 2, 2012
- ↑ Carrier of the anchor cross ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) Official Journal of the City of Püttlingen
