Avricourt (Moselle)
Avricourt is a commune with 708 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Moselle in the Lorraine region.
Geography
The municipality is located in the Regional Natural Park Avricourt Lorraine, about 20 kilometers southwest of Sarrebourg at the border of the neighboring department of Meurthe- et- Moselle.
To Avricourt the yard la Baronne ( Freunhof ) is in the western Bois de la Baronne ( Great Wood ).
History
The town was first mentioned in 1127 as Avricorth. Then 1142: Albsidingen, 1435: Elle Fringen, 1484: Elfferingen, 1513: Penalty Willingen, 1618: Elbringen.
Until 1871 there was only one community called Avricourt, geographically separated by the railway line Nancy- Strasbourg. The division was made according to the German - French war between France and the German Empire. The northern part Avricourts came to Germany. Since the train station in the southern part Avricourts and was thus in France, 1875, a separate border station was built on the German side. The German northern part of Avricourt was now officially German - Avricourt and was renamed in 1915 in Elfringen.
In November 1918, the place was indeed returned to France, but remained a separate municipality and was not re- affiliated with the south (today neighboring municipality in the department of Meurthe Avricourt -et-Moselle ).