Großblittersdorf

Grosbliederstroff ; Großblittersdorf
region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarreguemines
Canton	Sarreguemines
Community association	Sarreguemines Confluences
Coordinates	49 ° 9 ' N , 7 ° 2' E Coordinates: 49 ° 9 ' N , 7 ° 2' E
height	189-357 m
surface	13.07 km 2
Residents	3,303 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	253 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	57520
INSEE code	57260
	; Saint-Innocent church

Großblittersdorf ( French Grosbliederstroff ) is a French commune with 3303 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It borders on Germany and the municipality of Kleinblittersdorf , to which it is connected by the Friendship Bridge that spans the Saar . The place was first mentioned in a document in 777 as Blittharia villa .

The inhabitants call themselves Blithariens or Blithériens . Their nicknames are "Die Grumbere-Gerschel" and "Blidderschdorfer Kärelecker".

Culture and language

The official language is French , but German is very common among the population. Due to the proximity to the Saarbrücken conurbation , around 20% of the population are German citizens .

story

In the Middle Ages and early modern times, Groß- and Kleinblittersdorf were just two parts of the Lorraine community of Bliederstorff, founded in 777, on opposite banks of the Saar . The prefixes Groß- and Klein- for the two districts appeared for the first time at the end of the 16th century and were only an indicator for the different number of inhabitants. Separated by the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna since 1815, both districts belonged to the German Empire after the Franco-Prussian War from 1871 , albeit to different states (G. to the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine , K. to the Prussian Rhine Province ). From 1919 Großblittersdorf was again a municipality in France, while Kleinblittersdorf, as a result of the Versailles Treaty, was in the French-controlled Saar area administered by the League of Nations and, from 1935, in the Third Reich . From 1940 to the end of the Second World War, it was once again part of the German rulership.Until 1956 - as from 1919 to 1935 - there was another period in which both places were under French influence: Großblittersdorf - now renamed Grosbliederstroff - as a municipality in the Département Moselle , Kleinblittersdorf in the semi-autonomous Saarland , which became a German federal state on January 1, 1957 through the Saar Treaty .

Population development

Friendship Bridge from 1993

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	3108	3218	3279	3163	3092	3334	3305	3303

Attractions

Sights of Großblittersdorf are the Church of St Innocent , the Marian shrine Notre Dame du Brandenbusch and the Parcours de santé et botanique . The parish church, which was built by the Premonstratensian Abbey in Wadgassen in the 18th century, is particularly worth seeing . Here and in the St Croix chapel on the market square you will find valuable altars and statues by the sculptor family Guldner from Berus from the time it was built.

Saar meadows near Großblittersdorf

North of Großblittersdorf on the border with Güdingen (Saarbrücken) there is a floodplain landscape on the Saar with remarkable flora and fauna, some with rare species. In addition, the "Bruch" follows as a piece of forest.

Parish partnership

Großblittersdorf maintains a partnership with the neighboring community of Kleinblittersdorf in the Saarland .

Personalities

Marie Catherine Kneup (1899–1938), resistance fighter who was executed for alleged treason
Werner vom Scheidt (1894–1984), German painter and graphic artist

Web links

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

Population statistics since 1793 (French)

Remarks

↑ Cercle "Die Furbacher", Histoire locale de Forbach , n ° 62, (2008)
↑ Entre Sarre & Blies, le journal de la Communauté d'Agglomération Sarreguemines Confluences, n ° 21, December 2009.
^ In the early Middle Ages Blit (t) haria villa , mentioned in the 13th century as Bliederstroff or Bliderstorff .
↑ Grossblietersdorff (1594), Blidertorf-le-Grand (1756), Blidestroff-le-Gros (1779)
^ Nach fr: Grosbliederstroff # Géographie ; today the situation has been reversed: in 2006 Kleinblittersdorf, which had grown in area due to a municipal reform, had 12,850 inhabitants, while Grosbliederstroff only had 3330 (1999), of whom about a fifth were German citizens.
↑ Considerations: Grosbliederstroff and Kläänblidaschdorf

[1] Cercle "Die Furbacher", Histoire locale de Forbach , n ° 62, (2008)

[2] Entre Sarre & Blies, le journal de la Communauté d'Agglomération Sarreguemines Confluences, n ° 21, December 2009.

[3] In the early Middle Ages Blit (t) haria villa , mentioned in the 13th century as Bliederstroff or Bliderstorff .

[4] Grossblietersdorff (1594), Blidertorf-le-Grand (1756), Blidestroff-le-Gros (1779)

[5] Nach fr: Grosbliederstroff # Géographie ; today the situation has been reversed: in 2006 Kleinblittersdorf, which had grown in area due to a municipal reform, had 12,850 inhabitants, while Grosbliederstroff only had 3330 (1999), of whom about a fifth were German citizens.

[6] Considerations: Grosbliederstroff and Kläänblidaschdorf