Sankt Wendel is a town in the Saarland, capital of the district Sankt Wendel. With an area of 2570 km² and 1. ... Sankt Wendel is a Kreis (district) in the north of the Saarland, Germany. ...
It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of SanktWendel (Saarland), Trier-Saarburg, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhein-Hunsrück, Bad Kreuznach and Kusel.
The principality of Birkenfeld was annexed by Oldenburg in 1817; Lichtenberg became an exclave of Saxe-Coburg.
In 1937 the Oldenburgian District of Birkenfeld was merged with the remaining SanktWendel District to form the new Prussian District of Birkenfeld.