Ottweiler

{{Infobox German location

|type = Stadt

|image_photo = Ottweiler Rathausplatz Alter Turm 01 2012-05-21.JPG

|image_caption = Town square with the Old Tower in the background

|image_coa = DEU Ottweiler COA.svg

|image_flag=Flag of Ottweiler.svg|coordinates = {{coord|49|22|N|7|10|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Ottweiler in NK.svg

|state = Saarland

|district = Neunkirchen

|elevation = 268

|area = 45.56

|postal_code = 66564

|area_code = 06824, 06858

|licence = NK

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 10 0 43 115

|divisions = 5

|website = [http://www.ottweiler.de/ www.ottweiler.de]

|mayor = Holger Schäfer[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 = CDU

}}

Ottweiler ({{IPA|de|ˈɔtˌvaɪlɐ|-|De-Ottweiler.ogg}}) is a municipality, former seat of the district of Neunkirchen, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Blies, approx. 7 km north of Neunkirchen, and 25 km northeast of Saarbrücken.

Culture

The town is notable for the Ottweiler porcelain.

The Ottweiler Brewing Company was founded in Ottweiler in 1873. It was moved to the Karlsberg Brewery in Homburg in 1983.

People

  • Ludwig Steeg (1894-1945), politician, mayor from Berlin from 1940-1945

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