Ensdorf, Saarland

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{{Infobox German location

|name = Ensdorf

|image_photo = EnsdorfBergenhaldePanorama.jpg

|image_coa = Wappen Ensdorf big.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|49|18|N|6|46|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Ensdorf in SLS.svg

|state = Saarland

|district = Saarlouis

|elevation = 193-329

|area = 8.39

|postal_code = 66803–66806

|area_code = 06831

|licence = SLS

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 10 0 44 123

|website = [https://www.gemeinde-ensdorf.de/ www.gemeinde-ensdorf.de]

|mayor = Jörg Wilhelmy[https://www.saarland.de/stat/DE/_downloads/aktuelleTabellen/Wahlen/Direktwahlen/Gew%C3%A4hlte_B%C3%BCrgermeister_und_Landr%C3%A4te_im_Saarland.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=11 Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland], Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes, 27 March 2022.

|leader_term = 2019–29

|party =

}}

Ensdorf ({{IPA|de|ˈɛnsˌdɔʁf}}) is a municipality in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is on the right bank of the river Saar, opposite Saarlouis, approximately {{convert|20|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Saarbrücken.

In February 2023, the American chip manufacturer Wolfspeed announced it would build its first European factory in Germany{{Cite news |last=Eddy |first=Melissa |date=2023-03-27 |title=Germany Wants More Chip Makers, but They Won't Come Cheap |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/world/europe/germany-chips-subsidies.html |access-date=2023-03-28 |issn=0362-4331}} on the site of a former coal plant in Ensdorf with ZF Friedrichshafen as a coinvestor.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-01 |title=Wolfspeed Announces Plan to Construct World's Largest, Most Advanced Silicon Carbide Device Manufacturing Facility in Saarland, Germany |url=https://www.wolfspeed.com/company/news-events/news/wolfspeed-announces-plan-to-construct-worlds-largest-most-advanced-silicon-carbide-device-manufacturing-facility-in-saarland-germany/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=www.wolfspeed.com |language=en-us}}

Landmarks

The Saar Polygon is a walk-in monument situated at the former Bergwerk Saar coal mine, completed in 2016 to commemorate the region's coal mining industry.{{cite web | title=Saar Polygon: A Monument to Coal Mining in Germany | website=Amusing Planet | date=2016-10-29 | url=http://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/10/saar-polygon-monument-to-coal-mining-in.html | access-date=2018-05-09}}

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