SAXONBURG — A contingent from the borough’s sister city in Germany will travel here this week.

Four people from Muhlhausen, Germany, will be here: Muhlhausen Lord Mayor Johannes Bruns and his wife; Frank Moeller, who works for the government and will act as translator; and Martin Fromm, who is involved in tourism in Muhlhausen.

Borough officials as well as officials from the Butler County Tourism and Convention Bureau will be involved with the visit.

“They’re looking forward to meeting with them,” said Mayor Pam Bauman.

This is not the first time visitors from Muhlhausen have come to Saxonburg. In 2007, the borough joined Sister Cities International, which is a nonprofit that is designed to create partnerships between U.S. cities and international cities.

In 2008, the borough wrote a letter to Muhlhausen to ask if it would be the borough’s sister city. Muhlhausen is the birthplace of John Roebling, who founded the borough in 1831 and who went on the design the Brooklyn Bridge.

“They were very excited about it,” said borough secretary Linda Kovacik.

Muhlhausen is in central Germany and has about 33,000 people.

Saxonburg officials went to visit Muhlhausen in 2008. In 2009, officials from Muhlhausen visited the borough. Other trips have taken place since then.

The Germans will arrive Monday evening and leave Friday morning. They will stay in the Mainstay, a bed and breakfast on Main Street. Borough and bureau officials will take them on tours in the area.

In addition to Saxonburg, they will tour Cabot, Butler, Harmony, Mars, Zelienople and Cranberry Township.

Bauman said the borough will present the key to the city to them on Wednesday.

The bureau will have its annual Toast to Tourism Thursday night in Saxonburg, and Bruns will speak. The event is invitation only, with 200 people invited.

Jack Cohen, president of the tourism bureau, said it has been involved with past visits. “We’ve been working with the group for probably eight or so years already,” Cohen said.

Following the Toast event, the main streets of the borough will be closed to traffic, and the Germans and visitors will visit businesses in the borough.

Kovacik said that no borough funds are being used in the trip, and have not been used in the past.

She traveled to Germany when Saxonburg officials were invited in 2010, and said city officials there were warm and friendly.

“We’re trying to do the same thing with them here,” Kovacik said.