Saarwerden

Saarwerden stands on the Saar, in a district once ruled by the counts who took their name from the place. The county passed to the house of Nassau in 1527, and Count Adolf introduced the Reformation after the Peace of Augsburg. Its inheritance was disputed between Nassau and Lorraine. In 1629 a judgment awarded Saarwerden and neighbouring Bouquenom to Lorraine, while the remainder of the county stayed with Nassau.