ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Saar </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xsaar.html"> <img src = "../banners/bansaar.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on September 24th 2005</i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Saar </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1593 <BR> 1741 <BR><BR> 1793 <BR> 1795 <BR><BR> 1815 <BR><BR><BR> 1822 <BR> 1840 <BR> 1856 <BR> 1919 /1920 <BR><BR> 1922 <BR> 1935 <BR><BR> 1940 <BR> 1941 <BR> 1944 <BR> 1945 <BR><BR> 1947 <BR> 1948 <BR> 1954 <BR> 1955 <BR><BR> 1957 <BR> 1959 <BR> 1959 <BR> c. 1965 <BR> c. 1975 <BR> 1985 <BR> 1986 <BR> 1994 <BR> 1999 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> First iron mill in Bliestal (Neunkirchen) began operation <BR> Begin of economic boom of Saarbr&uuml;cken, residence of Count Wilhelm Heinrich of <BR> Nassau-Usingen-Saarbr&uuml;cken. Coal mines nationalized <BR> French occupation <BR> France annexed German territories located west of the Rhine, among them the territories <BR> which later would constitute the Saargebiet / Saarland <BR> Vienna Congress fixed French border. Most of what later constituted the Saargebiet <BR> allocated to Prussia (Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine), some regions in the east to Bavaria <BR> (Palatinate) <BR> Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine renamed Rhine Province <BR> Coal mining and iron industry began to expand due to improved technology <BR> Steel mill in Burbach began operation <BR> Treaty of Versailles established Saargebiet, formed by territory separated from the Prussian <BR> Rhine Province and from Bavarian Palatinate (Pfalz). <BR> Neunkirchen, "the largest village in Germany", elevated to a city <BR> Plebiscite; population voted for reincorporation into Germany; Saargebiet merged with <BR> Rheinpfalz to form Gau Saarpfalz <BR> Lorraine annexed into Germany, Gau Saarpfalz <BR> Gau Saarpfalz renamed Westmark (Western March) <BR> Saarbr&uuml;cken suffered severe damage due to aerial bombardment <BR> Saarland, which territorially differed from the Saargebiet, sepatared from Germany, again <BR> placed under French administration <BR> Saarland got self-government <BR> Customs union France-Saarland established <BR> France, FRG agreed on Saarstatut (European status of Saarland) <BR>+ Saarstatut, constitution which would define the Saarland as a European (thus neither <BR> German nor French) region rejected in plebiscite <BR> Saarland, as separate Bundesland (federal state), integrated into FRG <BR> Customs Union France-Saarland dissolved <BR> Currency reform; German Mark (DM) introduced, replaced Franc <BR> Begin of the coal mining industry; many mines closed, others heavily subsidized <BR> Begin of crisis of the steel industry <BR> Opposition SPD won election; Oscar Lafontaine PM <BR> V&ouml;lklingen Steel Mill shut down <BR> V&ouml;lklingen Steel Mill declared World Heritage Monument by UNESCO <BR> Opposition CDU won election; Peter M&uuml;ller PM <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Geschichte des Saarlandes, from <A HREF = "http://www.saarland.de/einblicke_landesgeschichte.html"><B>Saarland.de</B></A>, in German <BR> History of the Saarland, from <A HREF = "http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0860868.html"><B>Infoplease</B></A> <BR> Article Saarland, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saarland#History"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> List of administrators, Westmark, from <A HREF = "http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/Westmark.html"><B> States and Regents of the World</B></A> <BR> Article Saarbr&uuml;cken, from <A HREF = "http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saarbr%C3%BCcken"><B>Wikipedia</B></A>, in German <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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