Wadgassen

Location of Wadgassen within Saarlouis district
Wadgassen
Zweiradmuseum

Wadgassen
Coordinates
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saarland
District	Saarlouis
Mayor	Harald Braun (SPD)

Basic statistics
Area	25.93 km² (10.01 sq mi)
Elevation	187 m (614 ft)
Population	18,210 (31 December 2010)^[1]
- Density	702 /km² (1,819 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SLS
Postal code	66787
Area code	06834
Website	www.wadgassen.de

Wadgassen is a municipality in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Saar, approx. 6 km southeast of Saarlouis, and 15 km west of Saarbrücken.

Religion

Between 1135 and 1792 the Premonstratensian Wadgassen Abbey (German: Prämonstratenser-Chorherrenstift Wadgassen) was located here.

1974: Differten, Friedrichweiler, Hostenbach, Schaffhausen (Saar), Wadgassen (village), Werbeln

(as at 3 September 2008)^[2]

Deutsches Zeitungsmuseum (DZM) in the Abteihof (part of the former Premonstratensian abbey)
Glashütte Museum: Villeroy & Boch
Museum Academia Wadegotia - local history and living history of Wadgassen: Treppenstrasse 13 (csw Neubau), Wadgassen. Founded as institute museum.

Saarländisches Zweiradmuseum on the site of the Cristallerie Wadgassen (closed on 30 September 2007)

Towns and municipalities in Saarlouis (district)

Bous \| Dillingen \| Ensdorf \| Lebach \| Nalbach \| Rehlingen-Siersburg \| Saarlouis \| Saarwellingen \| Schmelz \| Schwalbach \| Überherrn \| Wadgassen \| Wallerfangen