Püttlingen
Püttlingen () is a town in Saarland, Germany, 10 km northwest of Saarbrücken. Geography The town lies in the Köller Valley, approximately 20 km to the northwest of Saarbrücken and 5 km north of Völklingen. Going in a clockwise direction from the north, the neighbouring communities are Heusweiler, Riegelsberg, Saarbrücken and Völklingen in the Regionalverband Saarbrücken and the communities of Bous and Schwalbach in the Landkreis Saarlouis. Climate The annual precipitation amounts to 834 mm which places it in the top third of German locales according to the German Weather Service. The driest month is April, while November, the wettest month, sees 1.4 times as much rain. Subdivision The town is composed of the subdivisions of Püttlingen (made up of the Berg, Bengesen and Ritterstraße areas) and Köllerbach (made up of the Engelfangen, Etzenhofen, Herchenbach, Kölln, Rittenhofen, and Sellerbach areas). Mayors 1946–1949: Peter Zimmer 1949–1956: Peter Müller 1956–1966: Nikolaus Boßmann, CDU 1966–1974: Hans Koch, independent 1974–2001: Rudolf Müller, CDU 2002–2019: Martin Speicher, CDU 2019–incumbent : Denise Klein, SPD Twin towns – sister cities Püttlingen is twinned with: Ber, Mali Créhange, France Fresagrandinaria, Italy Nowa Sól, Poland Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, France Senftenberg, Germany Veszprém, Hungary Žamberk, Czech Republic Notable people Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (born