Perl (Mosel)

Perl is a municipality in the district Merzig-Wadern, in Saarland, Germany. In 2010 its population was 7,593.GeographyOverviewIt is situated on the right bank of the river Moselle, on the border with Luxembourg and France, approx. 25 km southeast of Luxembourg (city). It is joined by a bridge across the Moselle River with Schengen in Luxembourg and by a second bridge between Nennig and Remich. A fine Roman mosaic has been found in the village Nennig, part of the municipality of Perl.SubdivisionThe municipality counts Perl and 13 villages (Ortsteil):Administration 1989 - 2007 : Anton Hoffmann, CDU 2007 - 2015 : Bruno Schmitt, SPD 2015 - : Ralf Uhlenbruch, CDUEducationThe municipality Perl can claim itself since more than 250 years as a school place. Oldest records about school teaching and school buildings date back to the year 1743.The Schengen Lyzeum Perl is the first cross-border grammar school which offers the German and Luxembourg diploma.