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Metz is a member of the QuattroPole union of cities, along with Luxembourg, Saarbrücken and Trier (neighbouring countries: Luxembourg, France, and Germany). [171] Metz has a central place in the Greater Region and of the economic SaarLorLux Euroregion. Metz is also twin town with: [172] Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, from 1957
Battle of Metz. Troops of the U.S. 5th Infantry Division entering Metz on 18 November 1944. / 49.12028°N 6.17778°E / 49.12028; 6.17778. The Battle of Metz was fought during World War II at the French city of Metz, then part of Nazi Germany, from late September 1944 through mid-December as part of the Lorraine Campaign between the U.S.
The forts of Metz are two fortified belts around the city of Metz in Lorraine. [note 1] Built according to the design and theory of Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières at the end of the Second Empire —and later Hans von Biehler while Metz was under German control—they earned the city the reputation of premier stronghold of the German reich. [1]
Coordinates: 49°07′04″N 6°11′08″E. Franco-German border, 1914. The fortifications of Metz, a city in northeastern France, are extensive, due to the city's strategic position near the border of France and Germany. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the area was annexed by the newly created German Empire in 1871 by the Treaty of ...
The Battle of Fort Driant was a constituent battle in the 1944 Battle of Metz, during the Lorraine Campaign and the greater Siegfried Line Campaign.The battle was on occupied French territory between the forces of the United States Third Army under the command of General George S. Patton and the forces of Nazi Germany under General Otto von Knobelsdorff and was given the code name Operation ...
Metz, the capital and the prefecture of the Moselle department in France, [1] has a recorded history dating back over 2,000 years. During this time, it was successively a Celtic oppidum, an important Gallo-Roman city, [2] the Merovingian capital of the Austrasia kingdom, [3] the birthplace of the Carolingian dynasty, [4] a cradle of Gregorian chant, [5] and one of the oldest republics of the ...
Siege of Metz (1870) The Siege of Metz was a battle fought during the Franco-Prussian War from August 19 to October 27, 1870 and ended in a decisive allied German victory. The French Army of the Rhine under François Bazaine retreated into the Metz fortress after its defeat by the Germans at the Battle of Gravelotte on 18 August 1870.
German Lorraine. The region of German Lorraine ( German: Deutsch-Lothringen or Deutschlothringen) was the German-speaking part of Lorraine, now in France, that existed for centuries into the 20th century. Following its annexation by France in the 18th century, it became part of the German Empire following the Franco-Prussian War and ceased to ...