Réchicourt-le-Château

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Réchicourt-le-Château
Réchicourt-le-Château coat of arms
Réchicourt-le-Château (France)
Réchicourt-le-Château
region Grand Est
Department Moselle
Arrondissement Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton Sarrebourg
Community association Sarrebourg Moselle Sud
Coordinates 48 ° 40 ′  N , 6 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 40 ′  N , 6 ° 50 ′  E
height 242-333 m
surface 24.14 km 2
Residents 541 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 57810
INSEE code

Réchicourt Castle

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Réchicourt-le-Château (German Rixingen ) is a French commune with 541 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins . The municipality is located in the Lorraine Regional Nature Park .

geography

The municipality of Réchicourt-le-Château is located in the southeast corner of the Moselle department. To the northwest is the Étang de Réchicourt ( Rixinger Weiher ). The difference in level of 16 meters between this and the higher Étang de Gondrexange is overcome by a single lock . To the northeast on the border with the neighboring municipality of Gondrexange lies the Col des Français ( French pass ).

history

The place was first mentioned in 770 as Richisi curtis , then Ruchesingen in 1179. The village was German until 1661, then came to France, became German again in 1871 and French again in 1919. In the period from 1939 to 1945 it was again under the German administration and then again under the French administration. It is surrounded by extensive forest areas.

The site includes the Réchicourt Castle, a building from the 15th century, which received its current appearance in the Renaissance style in the 16th century and was a seat of the Counts of Leiningen . Count Ludwig Eberhard von Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen sold it in 1669 to the Danish liege Count Friedrich von Ahlefeldt (1623–1686). The small but imperial direct rule was sold in 1703 by his only son, second marriage and successor to his stepbrother Frederik (1662–1708) zu Rixingen and Mörsberg, Carl von Ahlefeldt (1670–1722) to his brother-in-law, Count Friedrich Ludwig von Nassau zu Ottweiler . According to Zedler, it was again owned by the Leiningen-Westerburg-Rixingen around 1740/1742. From 1751 to 1789 it belonged to the Dukes of Fronsac-Richelieu. Today the castle has fallen into ruins.

Until 2015, Réchicourt-le-Château was the eponymous capital of the canton of Réchicourt-le-Château, which was dissolved that year .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2015
Residents 935 982 924 931 825 726 561 552

lock

The lock Écluse de Réchicourt-le-Château built between 1960 and 1965 on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin replaces a staircase with six locks. Their height of fall is 15.45 to 16.10 meters, depending on the water level of the canal. This makes it the highest French lock in a Freycinet canal.

The volume of the lock chamber is 3768 m³. It is 40 meters long and 6 meters wide, the minimum water depth is 2.6 meters. The upper gate has two wings, a lifting gate was installed down the channel, which is pulled up to open. In contrast to six hours through the lock staircase, the passage of a ship only takes around 30 minutes.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Réchicourt-le-Château  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Illustrated website for Rixingen Castle (French)
  2. ^ Johann Heinrich Zedler: Large, complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts, Volume 31. Reich register ("after the present state of the Reich", i.e. shortly before 1742)
  3. Ecluse de Réchicourt-le-Château at structurae, accessed on May 29, 2016
  4. ↑ Information board at the lock