Bourgaltroff

Bourgaltroff
region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Le Saulnois
Community association	Saulnois
Coordinates	48 ° 52 '  N , 6 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '  N , 6 ° 46'  E
height	217-312 m
surface	9.75 km 2
Residents	245 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	57260
INSEE code	57098
Mairie Bourgaltroff

Bourgaltroff (German Burgaltdorf ) is a French commune with 245 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the communal association Communauté de communes du Saulnois .

geography

Bourgaltroff is located in Saulnois , 76 kilometers northwest of Strasbourg , 26 kilometers northwest of Sarrebourg and seven kilometers northeast of the canton capital Dieuze , between the neighboring communities of Guébling in the southwest and Marimont-lès-Bénestroff in the northeast. The hamlet of Bédestroff belongs to the municipality and is located east of the town center.

history

From the 8th century the parish of Bourgaltroff belonged to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Paul in Wissembourg . Burg and Seigneurie von Bourgaltroff belonged to the County of Zweibrücken . Bédestroff belonged to the diocese of Metz .

Bédestroff was first mentioned as Bederstorff in 1310, Bourgaltroff in 1301 as Burigaltorff . In a document from the German Peasants' War (1524-1526) from 1525, Bourgaltroff appeared as Burgk-et-Alstroff .

1793 received Bourgaltroff as Bourgaltroff et Biderstroff in the course of the French Revolution (1789-1799) the status of a municipality and 1801 as Bourg-Altroff the right to local self-government. From 1801 to 1871 it belonged to the former Meurthe department , which was renamed the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in 1871 . In 1871 the community was incorporated into the newly created realm of Alsace-Lorraine of the German Empire due to changes in territory due to the course of the Franco-German War (1870–1871) . The realm of Alsace-Lorraine existed until the end of the First World War (1914–1918) and was then dissolved. Bourgaltroff was in the Moselle department at that time, this change was retained in 1918 when Moselle was again awarded to France.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
Residents	246	251	207	226	238	239	280

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality is red on the left half and shows a right arm with a blue sleeve that comes out of a silver cloud. The arm holds a silver sword with a gold pommel, above which two golden pebbles hover. This half corresponds to the coat of arms of the diocese of Metz. The right half is gold and shows a red lion. The lion comes from the coat of arms of the county of Zweibrücken.

Infrastructure

The nearest airport is Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport , 39 kilometers to the north-west.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bourgaltroff on annuaire-mairie.fr (French). Accessed March 23, 2010
2. ↑ Bourgaltroff on quid.fr ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) Retrieved February 2010 
3. ^ Henri Lepage: Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Meurthe . In: Société d'archéologie lorraine et du Musée historique lorrain (ed.): Dictionnaire topographique de la France . 6th edition. tape 14 , no. 18 . Imprimerie impériale, Paris 1862, p. 13 + 21 ( in Google Books [accessed March 24, 2010]). (French)
4. ^ Bourgaltroff on cassini.ehess.fr (French). Retrieved March 24, 2010
5. ↑ Union of Cercles GENEALOGIQUES Lorrain (French) Accessed on 24 March 2010