Mettlach

Mettlach is a municipality in the Merzig-Wadern district of the Saarland. It's at the western edge of Germany, bordering France, and 5 km east of the Schengen triple border of Germany, France and Luxembourg. Mettlach is best known for the manufacture of Villeroy & Boch ceramics.

Get in

Saarschleife

By train

Mettlach has two rail stations on the Saarstrecke that runs between Saarbrücken and Trier.

By car

Mettlach is on the B51 road to Konz, 9 km north of Merzig.

Get around

Map of Mettlach

See

49.494176.594721 Villeroy & Boch Discovery Centre.
Saarschleife. Bend in the river Saar. With the classic view from the Cloef.
49.491166.592142 ^{[dead link]} St. Lutwinus church. St. Lutwins church built in 1847 which replaced the old church from the 8th century
49.493236.593723 ^{[dead link]} Old tower and Erdgeist. Old Tower (burial site of St. Lutwins) and the "Erdgeist", the 137'000 piece ceramic monument of Expo 2000 in Hamburg built for the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature)

Do

Buy

49.492376.590211 Villeroy & Boch Outlet-Shop Mettlach, Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 4.

Eat

Mettlacher Abtei-Bräu, Bahnhofstr. 32, ☏ +49 6864 93232.
Schloss Ziegelberg, Am Ziegelberg 1, ☏ +49 6864 1400.

Drink

Sleep

Hotel Saarpark, Bahnhofstraße 31, ☏ +49 6864 9200.
Zum Schwan, Freiherr-vom-Stein-Str 34, ☏ +49 6864 9116-0.
Hotel Saarblick, Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 14, ☏ +49 6864 583.

Connect

Go next

Konz
Merzig

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