Editing Saarbrücken (section)

===19th century===
[[File:Die Gartenlaube (1871) b 753.jpg|thumb|left|''Lulustein'' in 1871, commemorating [[Napoléon, Prince Imperial|Prince Louis Bonaparte]]'s first cannon shot]]
In 1793, Saarbrücken was captured by [[French Revolution]]ary troops and in the treaties of [[Treaty of Campo Formio|Campo Formio]] and [[Treaty of Lunéville|Lunéville]], the county of Saarbrücken was ceded to France.<ref name="LHSSB"/>

After 1815 Saarbrücken became part of the [[Prussia]]n [[Rhine Province]]. The office of the mayor of Saarbrücken administered the urban municipalities Saarbrücken and St&nbsp;Johann, and the rural municipalities [[Malstatt-Burbach|''Malstatt'', ''Burbach'']], ''Brebach'', and ''Rußhütte''. The [[Saar-Warndt coal mining basin|coal and iron resources of the region]] were developed: in 1852, a railway connecting the [[Palatine Ludwig Railway Company|Palatine Ludwig Railway]] with the [[Chemins de fer de l'Est|French Eastern Railway]] was constructed, the Burbach ironworks started production in 1856, beginning in 1860 the Saar up to [[Ensdorf, Saarland|Ensdorf]] was channeled, and Saarbrücken was connected to the [[List of canals in France|French canal network]].<ref name="LHSSB"/>

At the start of the [[Franco-Prussian War#Occupation of Saarbrücken|Franco-Prussian War]], Saarbrücken was the first target of the French invasion force which drove off the Prussian vanguard and occupied Alt-Saarbrücken on 2 August 1870. Oral tradition has it that 14-year-old French Prince [[Napoléon, Prince Imperial|Napoléon Eugène Louis Bonaparte]] fired his first cannon in this battle, an event commemorated by the ''Lulustein'' memorial in Alt-Saarbrücken. On 4 August 1870 the French left Saarbrücken, driven away towards Metz in the [[Battle of Spicheren]] on 6 August 1870. Saarbrücken would remain the only German territory occupied by French forces during the conflict.