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    Richier in Bar-le-Duc Château de Hattonchâtel Chapel of Vaucouleurs Historical reenactment near the Verdun battlefield Cantons of the Meuse department Communes...
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    Grand Est in north-eastern France, wedged between Forbach, Schœneck, Spicheren and Saarbrücken. Charles de Wendel undertook construction of the very modern...
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  • travellers(gypsied) did this as temporary job(until the 18th century). Emperor Joseph II introduced a law reform. The separate legislatures of the cities will be abolished...
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    Saarbrücken (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    attacked Forbach on 19 February 1945, and a fierce battle ensued, halting the American advance at the rail-road tracks cutting through Forbach on 22 February...
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    Metz (redirect from Ville de Metz)
    from German rule and Metz reverted one more time to France after World War II. During the 1950s, Metz was chosen to be the capital of the newly created...
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    Battle of Nancy in 1477; René II, Duke of Lorraine became the ruler. Engraving depicting the capture of Nancy through Duke René II of Lorraine in 1477 1477...
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    Minor campaigns of 1815 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    (D'Erlon) cantoned between Lille and Valenciennes. II Corps (Reille) cantoned between Valenciennes and Avesnes. III Corps (Vandamme) cantoned around Rocroi...
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  • The 2021–22 Coupe de France preliminary rounds, Grant Est was the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the leagues of the Grand Est region...
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    heritage site of Hombourg-Haut Arrondissements of the Moselle department Cantons of the Moselle department Communes of the Moselle department German exonyms...
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    outskirts of the town where United States service members killed in World War II are buried. Isabelle Cogitore (born 1964), historian Jean-Baptiste Jacopin...
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  • The 2019–20 Coupe de France preliminary rounds, Grand Est was the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the leagues of the Grand Est region...
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    Pfister, Christian (1896). Histoire de Nancy. Tome premier. Depuis les origines jusqu'à la mort de René II (1508) (Edition de la Lorraine-artiste ed.). Imprimerie...
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    colonization, Mauritius was known as Ile de France. The French governor at that time, Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, contributed to the development...
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    Europe to talk with other student protesters. When he tried to cross into Forbach from the border station shared with Saarbrücken, West Germany, "Danny the...
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  • officialized granting of the mutual requests of two adjacent communes in the same canton or department to join into a single new municipality with a centralized...
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    keeping Saint Nabor. The abbey also suffered bombing damage during World War II, but much of the church has been restored. The Saint-Avold Synagogue is a...
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  • The 2017–18 Coupe de France preliminary rounds, Grand-Est make up the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the French Grand-Est region take...
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    Kusel (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    to France and became section leader of the illegal “KPD Saar-Pfalz” in Forbach. In 1936, he was temporarily a special appointee of the Communist Party...
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    was the scene of fighting during World War II when the U.S. 90th Infantry Division assaulted the nearby Fort de Koenigsmacker, one of the German Moselstellung...
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    Galberga, abbess of Juviniacensis by Pope Urban II in 1096. The church of the Benedictine Abbey de Sainte-Croix de Bouzonville serves today as the parish church...
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  • The 2018–19 Coupe de France preliminary rounds, Grand Est was the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the leagues of the Grand Est region...
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    Reipoltskirchen (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Reipoltskirchen. Wolfgang also styled himself Lord of Hohenfels, Rixingen and Forbach, which went to show how greatly the lordly house had expanded its holdings...
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    Germany and also been the scene of many battles particularly during World War II. The main importance was that the town was on a hill that was very difficult...
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  • The 2020–21 Coupe de France preliminary rounds, Grand Est was the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the leagues of the Grand Est region...
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  • The 2022–23 Coupe de France preliminary rounds, Grand Est is the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the leagues of the Grand Est region...
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    France after World War I. The residents were evacuated twice during World War II, and a German military camp operated nearby until the village was liberated...
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    boxes. In Bitche, General de Failly waited in vain for orders after being informed of the fighting at the Hospital, near Forbach and Wœrth, in the southwest...
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    the central church for the surrounding villages. At the start of World War II, the inhabitants were evacuated to the Département of Charente. Schorbach...
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    husbands. The principality was acknowledged by Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II in 1629. After the death of Henriette, the principality returned to Lorraine...
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    century. Insming was a small dependence of Counts de Ferrettes and de Montbeliard. After World War II, Insming saw an economic boom, mainly thanks to Fernand...
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