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The historical importance of the Saargebiet / Saarland lies in its coalmines. France,
lacking coal, after World War I and again after World War II sought to acquire the Saargebiet / Saarland (Sarre in French),
at least to explot the Saar coal mines for a number of years, and it was this political scheme which created the Saargebiet
(1919) respectively the Saarland (1946) as a separate political entity. Until 1919, the larger part of the Saarland was part of Prussia's Rheinprovinz; stretches of territory in the east were part of the Pfalz, which again belonged to the Kingdom of Bavaria. From 1919 to 1935, and again from 1946 to 1957, the Saargebiet / Saarland was treated as a plebiscite area. In 1935 the Saarland voters opted for reintegration into the Reich, in 1957 for integration into the FRG. Timeline : Saar Historical Atlas, Saarland Page Demographic History of the Saarland Economic History of the Saarland |
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WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
Country Profiles |
Article Saarland from Wikipedia Article Saarland from Wikipedia German edition Land Saarland, from Verwaltungsgeschichte by M. Rademacher, in German Article : Sarre (Land), from Speedy Look (French perspective) Saar-Nostalgie 1945-1959, in German |
Links |
Category : Saarland, from Wikipedia Kategorie : Saarland, from Wikipedia German edition |
Links, on History |
Category : History of Saarland, from Wikipedia Kategorie : Saarländische Geschichte, from Wikipedia German edition Links, on History, from European Navigator |
Portals |
informationsportal für Geschichte in Rheinland-Pfalz und im Saarland sarrelibre.de |
Organizations |
Saarländischer Museumsverband Landeszentrale für politische Bildung des Saarlandes |
Historical Dictionary |
Timelines |
Accounts of History |
Article Saarland : Histoty,
Sarre (Departement),
Saar (League of Nations),
Saar (Protectorate), from Wikipedia Article Geschichte des Saarlandes from Wikipedia German edition Sarre Libre, German language website on Saar history Geschichte des Saarlandes, from Saarland.de, in German Politik und Geschichte, from Saar-Nostalgie 1945-1959, in German |
Economy |
History of the Völklingen Plant, from Saarstahl Article : The Economic Importance of the Saar, 1919-1945, from European Navigator Article : Saar Franc, from Wikipedia Article : Bergbau im Saarland, from Wikipedia German edition Historisches über die Saarschifffahrt, from Kanufahrer Wirtschaft, from Saar-Nostalgie 1945-1959, in German |
Ethnography |
Geborene Saardeutsche und
erdachte Saarfranzosen, Die Zeit 28. 8. 1952, posted on Zeit Online |
Religion |
Regions |
Local History |
Article Saarbrücken : Geschichte,
Neunkirchen/Saar : Geschichte,
Saarlouis : Geschichte,
St. Wendel : Geschichte,
Völklingen : Geschichte, from Wikipedia German edition |
Structures, Institutions |
Structurae : Saar Die Saarländische Polizei 1945-1959, from Saar-Nostalgie, in German Radio und Fernsehen im Saarland vor 1960, from Saar-Nostalgie, in German |
Biographies | on Germany |
Elektronische Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie |
on the Saarland |
Others |
Sam Henze, France, Germany and the Struggle for the War-making Natural Resources
of the Rhineland, ICE Case Studies 2005 Article : Saar at the 1952 Summer Olympics, from Wikipedia Harry R. Wilkens-Weyland, Kein Recht auf Autonomie. Der Separatismus im Rheinland, an der Ruhr, in der Pfalz und im Saargebiet von 1792 bis heute, posted on sarrelibre.de |
WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen List of administrators, Westmark, from States and Regents of the World Saarland : Heads of Administration 1920-1935, from Archontology |
Population Figures |
Germany : Historical Demographic Data for Administrative Divisions before 1950,
since 1950, from Population Statistics |
Documents | Historical Newspapers | Links |
Kranten Historisch, from startpagina.nl, look for Historische Kranten Duitsland |
Historical Newspapers | online |
posted on dlibri (28 titles digitalized) Simplicissimus 1896-1944, Index (pp.51-52), Volumes 21 cartoons on the Saarland; in German New York Times Archive 1851-1980 has 6,184 articles on the Saar Article : Deutsch ist die Saar (1935) from Time magazine Zeit Online (since 1946), keyword Saarland, 2060 entries |
Newsreels |
British Pathe Wochenschau-Archiv (in German) Archief Beeld en Geluid : Polygoon (in Dutch) |
Propaganda Films |
George C. Marshall Motion Pictures |
Image Databanks |
Saarlandarchiv Walter Barbian Image Databank, from Wikimedia Commons |
Archival Deposits | online |
Archival Deposits | Indices |
Constitutions, Laws |
Verfassungen des Saarlandes (Constitutions of the Saarland), from
Verfassungen.de, in German |
Document Collections |
Dokumente Saar 1945-1959, from Saar-Nostalgie |
Individual Documents |
U.S. Embassy, Office of Public Affairs, Public opinion in the SAAR
(February 1956), posted on Internet Archive Weissbuch über das Saargebiet (1921) in German, posted on Internet Archive The Saar Treaty (27 October 1956), from European Navigator |
Historical Maps | responsible institutions |
Saarland, Vermessung, Karten und Geobasisdaten |
collections |
WHKMLA Historical Atlas, Saar Page |
Saarland, hindsight |
T. Höckmann, Historical Map of the Saarland 1789 Historic Map of the Saar Area in 1793, from Wikimedia Ensheim, Saar, Saargebiet 1920-1935 |
Saarland, contemporary |
detail, hindsight |
detail, contemporary |
City Panoramas 19th Century, from
Historic Maps
, Saarbrücken 1850 |
Encyclopedia Articles |
Article Saar,
Saarbrucken,
Saarlouis,
Neunkirchen, from EB 1911 Articles Saarbrücken, Saarlouis, Sankt Wendel, Völklingen, Neunkirchen, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
Institutions | Archives |
Archiv des Saarlandes |
State Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag 1946-1957, from FOTW |
Coins, Banknotes |
Search Coin Archives for Saar, Saarland, Sarre Article Saar Franc, from Wikipedia Saar Banknotes, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money |
Stamps |
PRINTED REFERENCE |
Bibliographies | general |
on the Saarland |
Saarländische Geschichte (History of the Saarland), from
geschichtecom, bibliography of titles in German language Saarland, from Bibscout Kleine Bibliografie zur Geschichte des Saarlandes, from Archiv des Saarlandes Search RHS Bibliography for Saar |
Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives Gutenberg Library Online Digitale Texte im Seminar für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Univ. Köln; many 19th century texts, mostly in German |
on the Saarland |
Online Journals | full text online |
Francia 1973- |
contents online |
Zeitschriftenmagazin : Zeitschrift für die Geschichte der Saargegend,
1951-2001, posted by S. Jenks |
not online |
Zeitschrift für Saarländische Heimatkunde / Zeitschrift für die Geschichte der Saargegend (Mechthold 4411/4397) Abhandlungen zur saarpfälzischen Landes- und Volksforschung 1937; later : Saarpfälzische Abhandlungen zur Landes- und Volksforschung, 1940-1942 : Westmärkische Abhandlungen .. (Mechthold 0009/3325/4308) Beiträge zur Landeskunde des Saarlandes, 1965 (Mechthold 0583) Die Brücke, Beilage zur Saarbrücker Landeszeitung 1958-1972 (Mechthold 0775) Chronik von Neunkirchen, Beilage zur Neunkirchener Zeitung 1909-1913 (Mechthold 0822) Eckstein, ed. by Geschichtswerkstatt Saarbrücken 1991 (Mechthold 0911) Geschichte und Landschaft, Beilage zur Saarbrücker Zeitung, 1949 (Mechthold 1193) Heimatblätter für Heiligenwald, Landsweiler, Schiffweiler und Stennweiler, 1983- (Mechthold 1678) Heimatblätter von der Saar, Beilage zur Saar-Zeitung, 1925-1926 (Mechthold 1694) Heimatkundliches Jahrbuch des Landkreises Saarlouis, 1960- (Mechthold 1932) Historisch-antiquarischer Verein für die Städte Saarbrücken und Sankt Johann und deren Umgegend. Mittheilungen 1846-1867 (Mechthold 2072) Historischer Verein für die Saargegend. Mitteilungen 1890-1938, 1953- (Mechthold 2156) Homburger Hefte 1965- (Mechthold 2259) Lisdorfer Heimatblatt, 1999- (Mechthold 2554) Neunkircher Hefte 1971- (Mechthold 2850) Rund um das Stift (Saarbrücken) 1976- (Mechthold 3287) Saarbrücker Hefte 1955- (Mechthold 3320) Saarheimat 1957-1995 (Mechthold 3321) Saarland 1956-1957 (Mechthold 3322) Saarland-Hefte 1991- (Mechthold 3323) Saarlouiser Monatshefte 1980-1986 (Mechthold 3324) Saarpfalz 1983 (Mechthold 3326) Saarpfalz 1935-1939 (Mechthold 3327) Schiffweiler Heimatblätter 1982 (Mechthold 3374) Die Stimme der Heimat, Beilage zur Saarbrücker Landeszeitung 1924-1937 (Mechthold 3574) Stimmen der Heimat, Bietzen 1970-1971 (Mechthold 3578) Stimmen der Heimat. Beilage zur Saarbrücker Volkszeitung 1951-1958 (Mechthold 3580) Südwestdeutsche Heimatblätter, Beilage zur Saarbrücker Zeitung 1926-1931 (Mechthold 3615) Unsere Heimat, ed. by Volksbildungsverband Pfalz-Saar, 1935-1940 (Mechthold 3838) Unsere Heimat, Saarlouis 1976- (Mechthold 3877) Unsere Heimat an der Saar in Landschaft, Geschichte und Volkstum 1951-1954 (Mechthold 3897) Unsere Saar 1926-1935 (Mechthold 3912) Unsere Saarheimat 1924-1925 (Mechthold 3913) Westricher Geschichtsblätter 1961-1965, 1981- (Mechthold 4323) Rudi Mechthold, Landesgeschichtliche Zeitschriften. Ein Verzeichnis deutschsprachiger landesgeschichtlicher und heimatkundlicher Zeitschriften, Zeitungsbeilagen und Schriftenreihen 1800-2000 (website no longer online) |
General Accounts |
Peace Handbooks issued by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office : Vol.31 : Lorraine and Saar Minefields, 1920, 29 p. [G] F.M. Russell, The Saar Battleground And Pawn (1951), posted on Internet Archive F.M. Russell, The Saar basin governing commission (1921), posted on Internet Archive |
Documents, Sources |
Eva Labouvie (ed.), Saarländische Geschichte. Ein Quellenlesebuch (Saarland History, a Sourcebook), Blieskastel : Gollenstein 2001, in German [G] |
Handbook, Yearbook entries |
Article : Saar, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1951 p.612, 1952 pp.612-613, 1953 p.621, 1954 pp.623-624, 1955 p.672, 1956 pp.608-609 [G] Article : World Politics - the Saar, in : Americana Annual 1930 p.821 [G] Article : Saar, in : Americana Annual 1957 pp.681-682 [G] Saar Entries, in : Statesman's Year Book 1925 pp.872, 947, 957, 979; 1928 pp.859, 936-937, 947, 970 [G] Article : Saar Basin, in : New International Year Book 1925 p.626, 1928 p.673, 1930 p.700, 1932 p.739, 1933 p.734, 1935 pp.635-636 [G] Article : Saar Basin, in : Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia Year Book 1932 p.465, 1933 p.459, 1934 p.470, 1935 p.467; Saar 1952 p.357 [G] |