Category:Saarbrücken Tales
Die Basilika St. Johann in Saarbrücken – Geschichte, Anekdoten & Skurrilitäten
Die Basilika St. Johann in Saarbrücken – ein barockes Meisterwerk Friedrich Joachim Stengels, mit königlichen Spendern, Anekdoten und faszinierenden Details vom Bronzeportal bis zur...
The Miserly Baker: Decoding a Saarbrücken Legend
Hardly anyone in Saarbrücken is unfamiliar with the figure of the miserly baker on the castle wall and the legend behind it.
Leidinger’s Moonlight Tour for Connoisseurs
Anyone interested in the history of Saarbrücken will find the Moonlight Tour for Connoisseurs, organized by Hotel Leidinger, an experience well worth taking.
Hermann Hesse in Saarbrücken: When the “Author’s Evening” Turned into a Fiasco
Hermann Hesse's bizarre reading at the Tonhalle in Saarbrücken in 1912: beer music, a disappointed audience, and an anecdote that made literary history.
George Washington’s Pistols from Saarbrücken
How two flintlock pistols made by Saarbrücken gunsmith Jacob Walster came into the possession of George Washington.
The Hofer Family and their Saarbrücker Zeitung
The Saarbrücker Zeitung was founded by Bernhard Gottfried Hofer, whose descendants still live in Saarbrücken today.
