Before World War I
The region of the Saarland was settled by the Celtic tribes of Treveri and Mediomatrici. The most impressive relic of their time is the remains of a fortress of refuge at Otzenhausenin

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The state borders France (département of Moselle, which forms part of the région of Grand Est) to the south and west, Luxembourg (Grevenmacher District) to the west and

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Except for the period between 1985 and 1999 – when the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) held a majority of seats in the

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The Gross domestic product(GDP) of the state was 35.4 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 1.1% of German economic output. GDP per capita

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Local dialect
People in the Saarland speak Rhine Franconian (in the southeast, very similar to that dialect spoken in the western part of the Palatinate) and

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The Saar competed in the qualifying section of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, but failed after coming second to West Germany but ahead of Norway. It also competed as Saar in the 1952 Summer Olympicsand the field handball world championships in the

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Saarland is home to the Saarland University and the administrative headquarters of the Franco-German University.

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