Dillingen/Saar

Dillingen is a town in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Saar, approx. 5 km northwest of Saarlouis, and 25 km northwest of Saarbrücken. The Dillinger Hütte steelworks is located here.Mayors April 1945-May 1945: Benedikt Hoffmann May 1945-September 1945: Heinrich Scherer November 1945-September 1946: Theodor Okon October 1946-May 1956: Peter Lamar October 1956-February 1974: Eduard Jakobs, CDU March 1974-March 1994: Gerhard Leonardy, CDU March 1994-March 2004: Erwin Planta, SPD since March 2004: Franz-Josef Berg, (born 1957), CDUTransportDillingen (Saar) station is on the Saar Railway, which connects Saarbrücken Central Station and Trier Central Station.Iron ore comes to the steelworks by Germany's heaviest trains 6000T trains.CastleDilingen's Old Castle is a medieval building. Around 1699 it was developed into a Renaissance castle. In 1789 the architect Balthsar Wilhelm Stengel created a grand residential space.The castle has a yearly arts and crafts market.Sons and daughters of the town Siegfried Alkan (1858–1941), composer Rudolf Schmidt (1875–1943), Brandenburg journalist, local historian and regional historian Peter Jost (born 1960), musicologist Michael Müller (born 1981), opera singer (tenor)