Spicheren
Spicheren is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located on the German border, lying next to the city of Saarbrücken.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Neue Bremm and Puits Sainte-Marthe.
Neue Bremm
Neue Bremm was a Nazi torture camp in Saarbrücken, set up in 1943 by the Gestapo intentionally with no oversight from other institutions. It was designed to break prisoners who were not destined for immediate death.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saarbrücken and Forbach.
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken has an impressive history of over a 1000 years, with its predecessors dating back to ancient Roman Empire. It has architectural heritage to prove that, and stands picturesquely over the bends of the river Saar, serving as the gateway to this underrated region of Germany.
Forbach
Photo: InXtremis, CC BY-SA 1.0.
Forbach is in Lorraine on the German border approximately 15 minutes from the centre of Saarbrücken, Germany.
Sankt Johann
Suburb
Sankt Johann is part of the city of Saarbrücken in Saarland, Germany. It lies on the right bank of the Saar, opposite historic Saarbrücken, and is 79 kilometres northeast of Metz, France. Sankt Johann is situated 5 km northeast of Spicheren.
Spicheren
- Categories: commune of France and locality
- Location: Arrondissement de Forbach-Boulay-Moselle, Moselle, Grand Est, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.1924° or 49° 11′ 33″ northLongitude
6.9678° or 6° 58′ 4″ eastPopulation
3,220Elevation
305 metres (1,001 feet)Open location code
8FX85XR9+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 26694309OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6437881Wikidata ID
Q22756
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Spicheren” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Spicheren”
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- Bulgarian: “Спишеран”
- Bulgarian: “Шпихерен”
- Cajun French: “Spicheren”
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- Chechen: “СпишегӀан”
- Chinese: “Spicheren”
- Chinese: “斯皮什伦”
- Chinese: “斯皮舍朗”
- Corsican: “Spicheren”
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- German: “Kreutzeck”
- German: “Spicheren”
- German: “Spichern”
- Greek: “Σπισρέν”
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- Occitan (post 1500): “Spicheren”
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- Russian: “Спишеран”
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- Swiss German: “Spicheren”
- Swiss German: “Spischere”
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- Ukrainian: “Спішеран”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Laurent de Spicheren and Memorial for Charles Auguste de Beurmann.
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