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The Saar franc was the French franc (German: Franken) used as the official currency of the Saar during the times that the Saar territory was economically split off from Germany, in 1920–1935 as the Territory of the Saar Basin, in 1947–1957 as the Saar Protectorate and 1957–1959 as the state of Saarland in West Germany. Local notes and ...
- Saar Protectorate
The Saar Protectorate ( German: Saarprotektorat...
- Saarland
Saarland ( German: [ˈzaːʁ̞lant] ⓘ, Luxembourgish:...
- Saar (river)
Bridge over the Saar at Saarbrücken. The Saar (German: ⓘ;...
- Saar Offensive
The Saar Offensive was the French invasion of Saarland,...
- Saar Protectorate
The Territory of the Saar Basin (German: Saarbeckengebiet, Saarterritorium; French: Territoire du bassin de la Sarre) was a region occupied and governed by the United Kingdom and France from 1920 to 1935 under a League of Nations mandate. It had its own flag (adopted on July 28, 1920): a blue, white, and black horizontal tricolour.
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Saar franc. The Saar franc, linked at par to the French franc, was introduced in the Saar Protectorate in 1948. On 1 January 1957, the territory joined the Federal Republic of Germany, nevertheless, in its new member state of Saarland, the Saar franc continued to be the currency until 6 July 1959.
