Territory of the Saar Basin
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The Territory of the Saar Basin (German: Saarbeckengebiet, Saarterritorium;[1] French: Le Territoire du Bassin de la Sarre) was usually called the Saar or the German: Saargebiet. It was a territory governed by the League of Nations under the Treaty of Versailles[2] for 15 years from 1920.
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Territory of the Saar Basin | |||||||||||||||
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1920–1935 | |||||||||||||||
Status | Territory under League of Nations protection | ||||||||||||||
Capital | Saarbrücken | ||||||||||||||
Common languages | French German Rhine Franconian Moselle Franconian | ||||||||||||||
Government | Special territory | ||||||||||||||
Commission Chairman | |||||||||||||||
• 1920–1926 | Victor Rault | ||||||||||||||
• 1926–1927 | George W. Stephens, Jr. | ||||||||||||||
• 1927–1932 | Sir Ernest Collins Wilton | ||||||||||||||
• 1932–1935 | Sir Geoffrey Knox | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||||||||
10 January 1920 | |||||||||||||||
• Plebiscite | 13 January 1935 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1 March 1935 | ||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1933 | 812000 | ||||||||||||||
Currency | Saar franc | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
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Its population in 1933 was 812,000, and its capital was Saarbrücken.[3]
It was made up of parts of the Prussian Rhine Province and the Bavarian Palatinate of the Rhine. It was slightly smaller than the modern German state of Saarland.[4]