Lebach

Town in Saarland, Germany

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Coat of arms

Location of Lebach within Saarlouis district

(2019–29) Klauspeter Brill^[1] (Ind.)Area

• Total64.15 km² (24.77 sq mi)Highest elevation

450 m (1,480 ft)Lowest elevation

200 m (700 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total19,095 • Density300/km² (770/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

66811–66822

Dialling codes06881Vehicle registrationSLSWebsitewww.lebach.de

Lebach is a town in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast of Saarlouis, and 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Saarbrücken. As of 2020, its population was 18,828.

Inhabitants

Population development
Year	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2011	2012
Inhabitants	21.679	21.060	21.540	21.254	20.388	19.962	19.784	19.763	19.456

(31 December)

Mayors

1978–2006: Nikolaus Jung, CDU (died 2013)
2006–2012: Arno Schmidt, CDU (died 2012^[3])
since 2013: Klauspeter Brill, independent

On January 22, 2006 Arno Schmidt (CDU) won the election against Jürgen Barke (SPD). Arno Schmidt died in 2012 at the age of 60. Klauspeter Brill was elected as mayor on May 26, 2013.

Transport

Its station is a terminus for the Lebach–Völklingen railway, today part of the Saarbahn.

Education

Daycare centers

Day care center Aschbach
Daycare Dörsdorf
Daycare Lebach
Daycare Steinbach
Daycare Thalexweiler
Kindergarten Herz-Jesu Gresaubach
Cath. Kindergarten St. Donatus, Landsweiler
Cath. Kindergarten Hl. Dreifaltigkeit and St. Marien, Lebach
Day care center "St. Nikolaus", Lebach

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Elementary schools

Elementary school Landsweiler
Elementary school Lebach
Elementary school Steinbach
Nikolaus-Groß-School Lebach

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High schools

Geschwister-Scholl High School Lebach
Johannes-Kepler High School Lebach

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Community schools

Theeltalschule Lebach
Nikolaus-Groß-Schule Lebach

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Vocational school

BBZ Lebach

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Notable people

Rainer Bastuck (born 1960), racing driver and entrepreneur
Nadine Schön (born 1983), politician (CDU)

Personalities who work, worked or died in the town

Günther Kastenfrosch (born 1872), international celebrity, lives under the Breeck
Klaus Steinbach (born 1953), swimming sportsman, lives in Lebach

References

^ Gewählte Ober-/Bürgermeister*innen, Landrät*innen und Regionalverbandsdirektor*in im Saarland, Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes, 27 March 2022.
^ "Fläche und Bevölkerung - Stand: 31.12.2022 (Basis Zensus 2011)" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes. June 2023.
^ "www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de". Archived from the original on October 28, 2013.
^ "Stadt Lebach - Kindertagesstätten". www.lebach.de. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Stadt Lebach - Schulen". www.lebach.de. Retrieved 2019-01-10.