Saarbrücken - St Johann District

On St Johann's Bismarckstrasse, which runs parallel to the river, are the State Theater (Staatstheater) and, farther east, the Saarland Museum (Saarland Cultural Foundation), housed in two separate buildings, with the Old Collection and the Modern Gallery.

The Museum of Prehistory and the Early Historical Period (Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte), which also belongs to the Foundation, is on the left bank of the Saar, near the Ludwigskirche.

To the east of St Johann, on the southern slopes of the Eschberg, can be found the Zoo, with some 1,000 animals of 220 different species (African House, Nocturnal Animals House).

St John's Church (St Johann; R.C.) was built by F. J. Stengel in 1754-58. The interior, largely destroyed during the French Revolution, was restored at various times during the 19th and 20th centuries.