Sankt Ingbert

Sankt Ingbert
Sankt Ingbert
Town
	Panoramic view of St. Ingbert
	Coat of arms
	Location of Sankt Ingbert within Saarpfalz-Kreis district
	Sankt Ingbert Sankt Ingbert
	Coordinates: 49°18′N 7°7′E / 49.300°N 7.117°E
Country	Germany
State	Saarland
District	Saarpfalz-Kreis
Subdivisions	5
Government
• Mayor	Hans Wagner (Ind.)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	35,216
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Dialling codes	06894
Vehicle registration	IGB
Website	Official website

St. Ingbert (also Sankt Ingbert) is a town in the Saarpfalz district in Saarland, Germany with a population of 37,361 (2009). It is situated approximately 10 km north-east of Saarbrücken and 10 km south-west of Neunkirchen.

Overview

Sankt Ingbert is an old industrial town, but most of its heavy industries (coal, steel, glass) have long closed down. Major employers now include the software company SAP SE and Festo automation technologies.

St. Ingbert is named after the Irish Saint St Ingobert and for 300 years belonged to the electorate of Trier.

Transport

The town is served by St. Ingbert railway station. St. Ingbert is situated only 10 km away from the Saarbrücken Airport.

Culture

The Saarländisches Karnevalsmuseum exhibits carnival costumes of the Saar region.

The St. Ingberter Pfanne is a well-known cabaret event, which took first place in 1985.

The Internationales Jazzfestival Sankt Ingbert took first place in 1987.

International relations

St. Ingbert is twinned with:

Saint-Herblain, France, since 1981
N'Diaganiao, Senegal, since 1986
Radebeul, Germany, since 1987 (then GDR)
Rhodt unter Rietburg in Edenkoben, Germany, since 1959

Famous people

Albert Weisgerber (* April 21, 1878 in St. Ingbert; † May 10, 1915 near Fromelles, France), german painter
Jupp Derwall (* 10. März 1927; † 26. Juni 2007 in St. Ingbert), manager of German national football team 1978–1984
Peter Hartz (August 9, 1941), German businessman
Bernd Schneider (July 20, 1964), racecar driver

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "St Ingbert". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 9.