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Dillingen is a town in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Saar, approx. 5 km northwest of Saarlouis, and 25 km northwest of Saarbrücken. The Dillinger Hütte steelworks is located here.TransportDillingen (Saar) station is on the Saar Railway, which connects Saarbrücken Central Station and Trier Central Station.Iron ore comes to the steelworks by Germany's heaviest trains 6000T trains.CastleDilingen's Old Castle is a medieval building. Around 1699 it was developed into a Renaissance castle. In 1789 the architect Balthsar Wilhelm Stengel created a grand residential space.The castle has a yearly arts and crafts market.Sons and daughters of the town Siegfried Alkan (1858–1941), composer Rudolf Schmidt (1875–1943), Brandenburg journalist, local historian and regional historian Peter Jost (born 1960), musicologist Michael Müller (born 1981), opera singer (tenor)
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