Montier-en-Der

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Montier-en-Der
Coat of arms of Montier-en-Der
Montier-en-Der (France)
Montier-en-Der
local community La Porte du Der
region Grand Est
Department Haute-Marne
Arrondissement Saint-Dizier
Coordinates 48 ° 29 ′  N , 4 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 29 ′  N , 4 ° 46 ′  E
Post Code 52220
Former INSEE code 52331
Incorporation January 1, 2016
status Commune déléguée

Abbey Church of Peter and Paul in Montier-en-Der

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Montier-en-Der is a former French commune with 1,963 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region . With effect from January 1, 2016, it was merged with the former municipality of Robert-Magny to form the Commune nouvelle La Porte du Der .

geography

The place is about 20 kilometers southwest of Saint-Dizier below the Lac du Der-Chantecoq . The Voire River flows through the village .

Part of the abbey

history

The region originally consisted of a swampy plain covered with a huge forest dominated by the oak (673 foresta dervus, 837 dervus sylva, 1020 silva dervensis). The forest was cleared in parts by monks from Aquitaine under the direction of St. Bercharius (620-696), who founded the Benedictine abbey in Montier-en-Der around 672 and whose monks also drained the swamps. The remnants of this forest were cleared by another 1,000 hectares by 1974 when the Lac du Der-Chantecoq (reservoir) was created. The place in the diocese of Châlons initially had the Gallo-Roman name Puteolus ( small spring ). That is the Gallic name for oak; the monastery in Dervo later became Montier-en-Der .

The monastery took over the rule of St. Columban (this iroschottische missionary who had Abbey Luxeuil established that experienced in the 7th century its heyday). From the early days of the monastery, the church from the 7th century and the church from the 9th century nothing remains. The 8th century was a high point for monastic communities. When the name of the abbey reappears in the 9th century, it was a Carolingian crown property . Louis the Pious gave them to the Bishop of Reims . It was up to her monastic renewal 827, prompted by Ebbo , by canons care.

In the early 10th century, the monks had to flee from the Vikings . With the acceptance of the monastery reform of Gorze , monks were resettled in Montier-en-Der. At the end of the 10th century the primitive buildings were replaced. Abbot Adso (960-92) had the ruined church building built in stone; it was inaugurated in 998 . The strictly Romanesque nave contrasts with the Gothic choir, which is illuminated by glass windows from the 16th century . The abbey church kept its wooden roof from the 16th century. The Gothic choir dates from the 12th and 13th centuries.

The abbey was secularized during the French Revolution (as early as 1790). In 1806 Napoleon decided to set up the national stud (Le Haras National) for stallions on the site of the former monastery in order to breed higher quality horses for use in the cavalry . The current buildings date from the 19th century and were rebuilt for more modern functions during the Second Reich . Today the (private) stud offers events with tourist animations and horse shows.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2010
Residents 1808 2136 2144 2162 2023 2019 2088

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Montier-en-Der  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nomina Geographica by Johann Jakob Egli, Georg Olms Verlag 1872