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Hombourg-Haut | |
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 View from the train station of old Hombourg | |
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| Coordinates:49°07′36″N6°46′43″E / 49.1267°N 6.7786°E /49.1267; 6.7786 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Forbach-Boulay-Moselle |
| Canton | Freyming-Merlebach |
| Intercommunality | Freyming-Merlebach [fr] |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Laurent Muller[1] |
Area 1 | 12.25 km2 (4.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 6,122 |
| • Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57332 /57470 |
| Elevation | 209–354 m (686–1,161 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Hombourg-Haut (French pronunciation:[ɔ̃buʁo];German:Oberhomburg) is acommune located in thedepartment ofMoselle, region ofGrand Est, in the cultural and historical regionLorraine, north-easternFrance.
Hombourg-Haut is an old medieval fortress town, built in the thirteenth century by thebishops of Metz. The old village lies at the foot of the imposingcollegiate church in a green and wooded landscape.
Nowadays, the city has several neighbourhoods: the old Hombourg, the old village of Hellering, urban areas withHLMs built in the 1950s-1960s andresidential district. The inhabitants of the commune are known asHombourgeois andHombourgeoises.
After a bitter dispute over the ownership of the castle of "Hombourg-Bas" (the old castle) between theDuke of Lorraine and thebishop of Metz, the latter prevailed end of the 12th century. Hombourg remained the property of the prelates of Metz until the 16th century. In 1270, the bishop, Jacques of Lorraine, decided to build a new and splendidcastle on the opposite elongated hill, probably from 1245 on.
This castle became the main seat of thebailiwick of Hombourg/St-Avold. It was the residence of the bishops' representatives and sometimes of the prelates themselves. In front of the castle, Jacques of Lorraine got afortified town built, surrounded by a long wall, today's "Vieux-Hombourg".[3] Jacques granted his new town privileges and rights and in 1254, he founded acollegiate church with 13 capitularcanons that was run until 1743. The collegiate got a new church built in 1300 which took almost a century to complete.
In 1758, Charles de Wfendel founded an ironworks at the banks of the Roselle. That was the beginning of the industrial era of Hamburg-Haut. The ironworks was taken over by the d'Hausen family during the First Empire.The Gouvy family from Saarland bought the factory in 1850 and transformed it into a modernsteel plant. Providing employment to generations of Hombourg's inhabitants, the Gouvy steel mill also supported music, sports, youth movements and other leisure activities. The Münch family continued the work of the Gouvys when they bought the factory in 1935, offering work to almost 250 employees. The plant ceased opérations permanently during the 1980s. Following the mill demolition, ashopping centre has been built on the site.
Hombourg-Haut is situated thirty two miles east ofMetz (capital of the département de la Moselle) and thirteen miles southwest ofSaarbrücken (Germany). It is surrounded by the following towns and villages:Saint-Avold,Freyming-Merlebach, Betting, Guenviller and Macheren.
TheRosselle, a small affluent of theSaar, flows through Hombourg-Haut.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 10,571 | — |
| 1975 | 10,401 | −0.23% |
| 1982 | 10,055 | −0.48% |
| 1990 | 9,580 | −0.60% |
| 1999 | 9,486 | −0.11% |
| 2007 | 8,048 | −2.03% |
| 2012 | 7,058 | −2.59% |
| 2017 | 6,433 | −1.84% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
The tourist office is located near the railway station. It is run by theCommunauté de communes de Freyming-Merlebach, a federation of municipalities in the French law.
Château de Hombourg-Haut, theruins of themedieval castle and fortress of Hombourg.[6] theChâteau d'Hausen, is an 18th-century castle. Current home of the local government.
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Collégiale Saint-Étienne (13th-14th centuries).[8][9] The church is registered as French national heritage site.[10]Saint Catherine's chapel, in theGothic style (13th century), is listed asFrench national heritage site.[11] the Recollect convent (18th century)[12].jpg)
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San Giorgio di Pesaro, Italy
Théodore Gouvy (1819-1898) composer
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