Laning
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle | |
| Canton | Sarralbe | |
| Community association | Saint-Avold synergy | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 2 ' N , 6 ° 47' E | |
| height | 248-331 m | |
| surface | 6.71 km 2 | |
| Residents | 604 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 90 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57660 | |
| INSEE code | 57384 | |
Laning (German Lanningen ) is a French commune with 604 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Forbach-Boulay-Moselle arrondissement .
geography
The village is located in the northeast of the historic Lorraine region , about seven kilometers southeast of Saint-Avold .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1365 as Laendingen . Around 1441 the place was called Laningen .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
| Residents | 430 | 365 | 387 | 436 | 519 | 591 | 556 |
Attractions
- Parish Church of Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul.
It is a baroque hall church with four window axes, a recessed 5/8 choir and a bell tower attached to the west with large arched entrances on the ground floor through which one enters the church. The basement of the tower forms the entrance hall to the church which adjoins to the east. The northern entrance arch is marked with the year "1739" . To the west of the tower or its ground floor / church vestibule is a single-storey, medieval chapel with a ribbed vault . It opens into the ground floor of the tower and you can see into it from there. In it stands a gothic group of figures made of stone and painted, " Lamentation of Christ " , from the 16th century. The interior of the church consists mainly of the light and golden baroque high altar, two similar classical side altars and a baroque pulpit. The ceilings are decorated with stucco, the walls are paneled with wood and the windows have impressive glass paintings, made in 1900, by the company "Ott Freres" in Strasbourg . The local cemetery is located around the church, surrounded by a wall from the time it was built.
The church. To the right of the tower is the medieval chapel
Church entrance with the year 1739
Interior view of the chapel with " Lamentation of Christ "
Interior of the church, 2019
High altar of the church
Mary altar of the church
Choir window, Strasbourg, 1900
Fallen plaque, World War 1
Personalities
- Johannes Michael Dellès (1840–1918), member of the German Reichstag
