The inner part of the coin depicts the Saint Louis church (Ludwigskirche) in Saarbrücken.

The name of the federal State ‘SAARLAND’ and the mintmark, represented by one of the letters ‘A’ , ‘D’ , ‘F’ , ‘G’ or ‘J’ , appear under the monument.

The initials ‘FB’ of the engraver Friedrich Brenner are displayed on the right of the monument.

The lower part of the outer ring of the coin features the name of the issuing country ‘BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND’ and the upper part bears the year ‘2009’ and twelve stars.