Merzig-Wadern District

district in Saarland, Germany
AdministrativeArea rural_district_of_saarland Q6802
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Summary

Merzig-Wadern District is a rural district of Saarland[1]. It draws 547 Wikipedia views per month (rural district of saarland category, ranking #5 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Landkreistag Saarland[3], Zweckverband für Rettungsdienst und Feuerwehralarmierung Saar[4], Q94992951[5], Zweckverband Personennahverkehr Saarland[6]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Saarland[7]
  • Country: Germany[8]
  • Head of government: Daniela Schlegel-Friedrich[9]
  • Capital: Merzig[10]
  • Shares border with: Canton of Remich[11], Saarlouis[12], St. Wendel[13], Trier-Saarburg[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Weiskirchen[15], Beckingen[16], Losheim am See[17], Merzig[18], Mettlach[19], Perl[20], Wadern[21]
  • Coat of arms: Wappen des Landkreises Merzig-Wadern[22]
  • Commons category: Landkreis Merzig-Wadern[23]
  • Licence plate code: MZG[24]
  • Official website: http://www.landkreis-merzig-wadern.de/[25], https://www.merzig-wadern.de/[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Merzig-Wadern[27]
  • Population: 103,520[28], 103,366[29]
  • Category for people born here: Q111648302[30]
  • Female population: 52,258[31]
  • Elevation above sea level: 234 m[32]
  • Area: 555.00 km²[33]
  • Position held by head of the organization: Q131371872[34]
  • Hashtag: LandkreisMerzigWadern[35]

Why It Matters

Merzig-Wadern District has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Saarland Official Gazette. amtsblatt.uni-saarland.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . landkreistag-saarland.de. Retrieved . landkreistag-saarland.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [4] ↑ . zrf-saar.de. Retrieved . zrf-saar.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [5] ↑ . ego-saar.de. Retrieved . ego-saar.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [6] ↑ . zps-online.de. Retrieved . zps-online.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . destatis.de. destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . destatis.de. destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Nw520 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 44
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr',
    Claims rich → —
    Name → —
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Coat of arms image: Wappen Landkreis Merzig-Wadern.svg, #MARS"
  2. 5w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Daniela Schlegel-Friedrich, Michael Kreiselmeyer, Kurt Matthias Linicus +1
    Coat of arms → Wappen des Landkreises Merzig-Wadern
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53411|batch #53411]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 20w ago · Yuriklim · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Weiskirchen, Beckingen, Losheim am See +4
    Head of government → Daniela Schlegel-Friedrich, Michael Kreiselmeyer, Kurt Matthias Linicus +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Head of government: Michael Kreiselmeyer"
  4. 24w ago · Project Firecorn · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Hashtag → LandkreisMerzigWadern
    Aliases → —
    Population → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Contains the administrative territorial entity: Weiskirchen"
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