Corbie

Corbie
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Corbie (main town)
Community association	Val de Somme
Coordinates	49 ° 55 ' N , 2 ° 30' E Coordinates: 49 ° 55 ' N , 2 ° 30' E
height	26-108 m
surface	16.25 km 2
Residents	6,283 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	387 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	80800
INSEE code	80212
Website	http://www.mairie-corbie.fr/

Corbie ( Dutch Korbie or Korbei ) is a French municipality with 6283 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France in Arrondissement Amiens . It lies at a height of about 35 m . Corbie is the capital of the canton of the same name .

history

For the first time the place appears in 657 and 661 as a monastery, which was counted with some lands to the possession of the regent Bathilde , the widow of Clovis II. (Clovis). With a few monks, Bathilde ordered the region to be developed economically in addition to the experience of religious doctrine . During the Merovingian dynasty, Corbie developed into one of the most important ideological centers of the Franconian Empire . At the beginning of the 9th century, monks were sent from the Abbey of Corbie to Saxony (e.g. present-day Westphalia and Lower Saxony) as part of a mission project, where they founded Corbeia nova , today's Corvey .

After France entered the Thirty Years War , Bavarian and Spanish troops, who had advanced from what was then the Spanish Netherlands, conquered and occupied the heavily fortified city on August 7, 1636 in order to attack Paris from there. When the planned attack on Paris could not be carried out because of poor prospects of success, a French people's army set up in Paris besieged Corbie . After a six-week siege, the Spaniards had to surrender in early November 1636. This success made the city very well known.

Attractions

Corbie Abbey
Church with carved gable figures
town hall

Corbie Abbey
church
town hall

Sons and daughters of the church

Colette von Corbie (1381–1447), founder of the order, saint
Xavier Tilliette (1921–2018), religious, philosopher and theologian

Town twinning

Since 1963 there has been a partnership with the German town of Höxter due to the close historical connection between the monasteries of Corbie and Corvey . There has also been a partnership with the English city of Pickering (North Yorkshire) since 1967 .

Web links

Commons : Corbie - collection of images, videos and audio files

mairie-corbie (french)

Individual evidence

^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969

[1] De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969