The Saarland has been called "Saarland" since 1935.

However, the "Saargebiet" (Saar Region) as it was called in the Versailles Treaty of 1920, has still been maintained in the linguistic usage of the older people and many non-Saarlanders.

A linguistic relic of a chequered history. Especially in the last 200 years, in which the people here changed their nationality a total of eight times. A people in perpetual motion.

The historic testimonies in the land however reach back far beyond this period.

In the German-French frontier zone near Rheinheim-Bliesbrück, the visitor can visit for instance the remains of a Gallo-Roman town; a floor mosaic in a Roman villa was uncovered in Perl-Nennig; it may be counted amongst the largest and most beautifully of its type north of the Alps. The Saarland also offers to its interested visitors an abundance of historic buildings, museums, galleries and theatre events. As in the pre-industrial times, the Saarland is dominated by extensive forests, fields and meadows; the heavy industry of early times has virtually disappeared.