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Karlsbrunn

Country
Country
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  Germany
Germany
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State
States of Germany
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 Saarland Saarland
Saarland
Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...

District
Districts of Germany
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Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (district)
The Regionalverband Saarbrücken is a Kommunalverband besonderer Art, an integration of a district and a district-free town. It is located in the south of the Saarland, Germany...

Municipality
Municipalities of Germany
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Großrosseln
Großrosseln
Großrosseln is a village and a municipality in the district of Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the border with France, approx. 12 km west of Saarbrücken. The neighbouring municipality in France is Petite-Rosselle.-Geography:...

Population
Population
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1,100
Coordinates
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49°10′N 6°49′E
Time zone
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CET
Central European Time
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, UTC+1
UTC+1
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Elevation
Elevation
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220 amsl
Above mean sea level
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Postal code
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66347–66352
Dialing code
Telephone number
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(+49) 06898, 06809
Gentilic
Demonym
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karlsbrunner
Website
Website
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www.mykarlsbrunn.de

Karlsbrunn is a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 village, part of the municipality of Großrosseln
Großrosseln
Großrosseln is a village and a municipality in the district of Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the border with France, approx. 12 km west of Saarbrücken. The neighbouring municipality in France is Petite-Rosselle.-Geography:...

, situated in the district of Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (district)
The Regionalverband Saarbrücken is a Kommunalverband besonderer Art, an integration of a district and a district-free town. It is located in the south of the Saarland, Germany...

, part of the federal state of Saarland
Saarland
Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...

. Its population is about 1,100 inhabitants.

Geography

The village lies in the urban area of Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live....

, 5 km in south of Großrosseln and close to the frontier with France
France
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 (with the department of Moselle
Moselle
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, Lorraine
Lorraine (région)
Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...

). The nearest French municipalities are Rosbruck
Rosbruck
Rosbruck is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France....

, Forbach
Forbach
Forbach is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It is located near the German border. Population : 22,784....

 and Freyming-Merlebach
Freyming-Merlebach
Freyming-Merlebach is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France....

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Personalities

It was the birthplace of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

's early ancestor Hans Nicolas Eisenhauer, who emigrated to Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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 in 1741.
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