Saarland is Germany's smallest non-city state by land mass, and with just under one million inhabitants, is only larger than Bremen by population. READ ALSO: Big birthday in a small state: Saarland celebrates its 100-year old historyAn international state with heavy influences from France and Luxembourg and a history of independence, Saarland presents a beautiful, eclectic culture. GeographyLocated in the westernmost point of Southern Germany, Saarland is surrounded almost completely by the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The 100-year anniversary of the founding comes from the 1920 Treaty of Versailles, which gave the then-British and-French occupied Saar area an independent League of Nations mandate lasting 15 years. Most Catholics are centered in former West Germany, either in Bavaria or farther to the west in North-Rhine Westphalia or, as mentioned, Saarland.

Source: The Local January 14, 2020 15:56 UTC