Spiesen-Elversberg

Municipality in Saarland, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Spiesen-Elversberg within Neunkirchen district

(2019–29) Bernd Huf^[1]Area

• Total11.40 km² (4.40 sq mi)Elevation

325 m (1,066 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total12,797 • Density1,100/km² (2,900/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

66579–66583

Dialling codes06821Vehicle registrationNKWebsitewww.spiesen-elversberg.info

Spiesen-Elversberg is a municipality in the district of Neunkirchen, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approximately 4 km southwest of Neunkirchen, and 15 km northeast of Saarbrücken.

Anne-Karin Mayer, the German pop singer, was born in Spiesen-Elversberg in 1948 ^[3]

Sport

The district of Elversberg has a popular football team, which is called SV Elversberg, which plays at the URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde. The team has experienced success in recent years, rising three tiers in the German football league system. It now competes in Germany's 2nd level, the 2. Bundesliga. It is currently the strongest team in Saarland, having surpassed 1. FC Saarbrücken in 2023.

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.
^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2252067/bio/