Schwarzenholz

The most famous daughter of the village is Katharine Weißgerber, called Schultze Kathrin, the Good Samaritan of the Battle of Spichern in early August 1870.

In various documents (gift and purchase certificates of the abbey Fraulautern ) from the period 1235-1279 is the name: Suarcenholf, Suarcenoth, Swarcenholc, Suarzenhoch, Suarzenholch.

Schwarzenholz has a healthy village structure and is an attractive residential area surrounded by forests, and has direct motorway access to the A 8, so that the larger cities in the area (Saarbrücken, Neunkirchen, Saarlouis, Dillingen, Merzig, Völklingen) and the neighbouring countries France and Luxembourg are all reachable in 30 minutes or less.

Two general practitioners, a dentist, two banks, two grocery stores, two hairdressing salons, a bakery, a butchery, eight catering establishments, two driving schools, two florists, a stationery shop with post office, a car repair shop, a travel agency, a carpentry, an interior decorator and many other companies can be found in town.

The parish church of St. Bartholomew in the Bartholomäusstrasse is a protected monument and was built in 1914-1915 by Ludwig Becker and Anton Falkowski.