Robertville
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 Belgium
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| Region : | Wallonia | ||
| Province : | Liege | ||
| District : | Verviers | ||
| Municipality : | Wisdom | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 27 ' N , 6 ° 7' E | ||
| Post Code: | 4950 | ||
| Prefix: | 80 | ||
| Website: | Robertville website | ||
Robertville ( German In der Bivelt ) ( Walloon el Ribiveye or Li Rbiveyeel ) is a district of the municipality Weismes ( French (officially) Waimes ) in East Belgium , Province of Liège , with a predominantly French-speaking population, but with language facilities for the German-speaking minority Population. Weismes and the municipality of Malmedy form the electoral canton of Malmedy .
The center of Robertville is around the Church of St. Joseph, consecrated in 1839.
history
The first written mention of Robertville can be found in 1188 in the form of a deposit in the books of the Chapel of Lépreux de Malmedy . The name Ribievile has been handed down from this year . A watermill is mentioned for 1430 that belonged to the Reinhardstein family. A second watermill used as a flour mill is mentioned in 1590.
The Walloon Fens with its Walloon place names received these from the inhabitants of Robertville. Since they had few pastures in the early Middle Ages close to the border with the German-speaking Bütgenbach , they moved to this neighboring area with their cows, mutton and sheep. A document from the 15th century lists the Robertvillers who took over the grazing rights on neighboring land from their ancestors. In 1534 this peaceful state changed. Johan Sourbroit built his hostel in this area, around which a settlement, today's Sourbrodt , arose. Many lawsuits and violent disputes over grazing rights followed. With the regulations of 1828 and the Treaty of Montjoie (Monschau) of 1870 peace slowly returned. Only the residents of the new station district in Sourbrodt, which was built in 1866, were not allowed to use the Walloon Fens.
From the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the village of Robertville belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia as part of the Malmedy district until the end of the First World War . Shortly after the Compiègne armistice (1918) , the region was occupied by Belgian troops. According to the result of the referendums taking place a year later in the wake of the Versailles Treaty , the region became part of the Kingdom of Belgium on September 20, 1920. At the same time, the community Robertville was created by amalgamating with the villages of Ovifat and Sourbrodt. At first the place was co-administered by the mayor of Waimes ; Robertville only had its own mayor since the local elections in 1922.
On May 24, 1930, the Robertville dam was completed, which also led to the electrification of the place; one of the first illuminated buildings was the village church. The construction of the dam led to the disappearance of the mills and the town's tannery , which came under the water level. The celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the church planned for September 17, 1939 were canceled due to the preparations for a war of defense that began after the German invasion of Poland ,
In the course of the Second World War , Robertville was also occupied by German troops in May 1940 and the region was annexed by the German Reich on May 18, 1940. The (now) German male residents were called up for military service in the Wehrmacht since 1942 ; the families of deserters from the place were taken into kin custody by the German authorities . Only a few residents followed the call issued in September 1944 to evacuate the town; on September 12, 1944, Robertville was liberated by Allied troops. At the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge , an ammunition depot in which 6000 tons of ammunition was stored was destroyed on December 17, 1944 . Numerous buildings in the town were damaged. During the Second World War, 78 residents were killed as soldiers or deportees.
The history of the independent community of Robertville ends on December 31, 1976: In the course of the Belgian municipal reform , on January 1, 1977 it was merged with Faymonville and assigned as a district of the community of Weismes .
Tourism and local recreation
Below the village is the Robertville der Warche dam with a campsite, an outdoor swimming pool and a boat rental shop at the dam. Nahbei the Reinhardstein castle . The mayors of Bütgenbach and Weismes have jointly inaugurated the Warche Tour hiking trail between the Bütgenbach and Robertville reservoirs, which crosses the canton and cross-lingual boundaries . The international Vennbahnradweg , RAVeL route L.48, leads on the old Vennbahntrasse from Aachen, Sourbrodt via the old Robertville stop to Weywertz and on to Luxembourg (Ulflingen). The surrounding High Fens , which is protected as the Réserve naturelle domaniale des Hautes Fagnes , is also open to tourists .
Picture gallery
- Robertville
St. Joseph Church
Reservoir
former stop of the Vennbahn
Reinhardstein Castle, near Robertville
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Robertville - tout savoir Les trois freres . Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- ^ A b Mariette Wey-Noël (and others): 1897 - 1997 Les Amis Réunis Robertville , ASBL Royale Harmonie, Robertville 1997.
- ↑ La biodiversité en Wallonie. Hautes-Fagnes. Observatoire de la Faune, de la Flore et des Habitats (OFFH), accessed on November 1, 2015 (French).
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