The Forgotten Story Of Independent Saarland

After WW2, Germany was split in two parts: West Germany, and East Germany. And Saarland. Wait, what? As Germany prepares to celebrate 30 years of Reunification, I went to Saarland to discover the story of the little country that divorced and rejoined Germany... twice.

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For more stories about football in independent Saarland, there's a great article here: https://longballfootball.wordpress.co...

...and another one here (in German): https://www.volksfreund.de/sport/regi...

IMAGE CREDITS

Frank Lampard: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uk-in-j... (c) British Embassy Tokyo
Frank Ocean: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Frank Rijkaard: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Roman Soldier: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Saar coins: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
1871 Map Of Germany: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
1954 World Cup Final stadium: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...