Scottish king's son. In 1465, the parish of St. Wendel sent two parishioners to Scotland to research the legend of Saint Wendelin's royal Scottish origins. After allegedly positive confirmation, the Scottish lion coat of arms was used in the seal of the parish of St. Wendel. Twin towns – sister cities Sankt Wendel is twinned with: Rezé, France (1973) São Vendelino, Brazil (2003) Balbriggan, Ireland (2007) Economy and infrastructure Transport The next Highway are about 20 minutes by car away in each direction: Autobahn (Highway) 1: Fehmarn – Saarbrücken Autobahn (Highway) 8: Luxembourg – Salzburg Autobahn (Highway) 62: Nonnweiler – Pirmasens All regional express trains and regional trains stop in at St. Wendel station. Therefore, an hourly connection to the Rhine Main Area and three hourly connections to the capital of the Saarland, Saarbrücken are available. Since 1915, there has been a single track connection through the suburbs Bliesen and Oberthal to Tholey. In 1984 passenger traffic was shut down on this track. The entire track from St. Wendel to Tholey has been rebuilt into an asphalt-covered cycle track, named . Business and industry Industry: metal, medical (Fresenius Medical Care), electronics (since 1987 headquarters of Hughes & Kettner) Trade: company headquarters of supermarket chain Globus, whose founder Franz Bruch came from St. Wendel Courts St. Wendel has a district court, which belongs to the regional court of Saarbrücken Sports St. Wendel has been an organizer of the 2005 and 2011 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. St. Wendel with his circuit is host of the Supermoto World, Europe & German Championships. Clubs and organizations 1861 St. Wendel e. V. gymnastics club St. Wendel e. V diving club football club FC 1910 St. Wendel e. V football club motorbike club Culture Museums St. Wendel in the Mia Münster House town museum – exhibits the works of an artist from St. Wendel named Mia Münster, plus various local artists of the Divine Word Missionaries in the old town hall in Dörrenbach – in the smallest village of St. Wendel, Dörrenbach, there is a museum documenting the everyday culture of the village and the way of life of former farming village residents. Cultural projects Street of Sculptures. In 1971 St. Wendel sculptor Leo Kornbrust initiated the International Sculpture Symposium St. Wendel, now well known throughout Europe, which brought forth numerous huge stone sculptures by different international artists. In 1979 the sculptures were arranged along 25