Lebach

Lebach is a town in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km northeast of Saarlouis, and 20 km north of Saarbrücken. As of 2020, its population was 18,828.

Inhabitants
(31 December)

Mayors

 * 1978–2006: Nikolaus Jung, CDU (died 2013)
 * 2006–2012: Arno Schmidt, CDU (died 2012 )
 * since 2013: Klauspeter Brill, independent

On January 22, 2006 Arno Schmidt (CDU) won the election against Jürgen Barke (SPD). Arno Schmidt died in 2012 at the age of 60. Klauspeter Brill was elected as mayor on May 26, 2013.

Transport
Its station is a terminus for the Lebach–Völklingen railway, today part of the Saarbahn.

Daycare centers

 * Day care center Aschbach
 * Daycare Dörsdorf
 * Daycare Lebach
 * Daycare Steinbach
 * Daycare Thalexweiler
 * Kindergarten Herz-Jesu Gresaubach
 * Cath. Kindergarten St. Donatus, Landsweiler
 * Cath. Kindergarten Hl. Dreifaltigkeit and St. Marien, Lebach
 * Day care center "St. Nikolaus", Lebach

Elementary schools

 * Elementary school Landsweiler
 * Elementary school Lebach
 * Elementary school Steinbach
 * Nikolaus-Groß-School Lebach

High schools

 * Geschwister-Scholl High School Lebach
 * Johannes-Kepler High School Lebach

Community schools

 * Theeltalschule Lebach
 * Nikolaus-Groß-Schule Lebach

Vocational school

 * BBZ Lebach

Notable people

 * Rainer Bastuck (born 1960), racing driver and entrepreneur
 * Nadine Schön (born 1983), politician (CDU)



Personalities who work, worked or died in the town

 * Günther Kastenfrosch (born 1872), international celebrity, lives under the Breeck
 * Klaus Steinbach (born 1953), swimming sportsman, lives in Lebach