Corbie
Corbie is a commune with 6339 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the arrondissement of Amiens, in the Somme department. It lies at an altitude of about 35 meters above sea level in the Picardie region. Corbie is the capital of the Canton of Corbie.
History
For the first time the site appears 657 and 661 as a monastery, which was with some land for a possession of the regent Bathilde that of Clovis II (Clovis ) widow counted. With some monks, the region on the order of Bathilde should, besides the experience of religious doctrine, are also economically developed. Corbie developed during the Merovingian dynasty to one of the most important ideological centers of the Frankish Empire. From the Abbey of Corbie from the beginning of the 9th century (around present-day Westphalia and Lower Saxony ) were sent in a mission project monks to Saxony, where they founded the Corbeia nova, today Corvey.
1636 Corbie was thus known that it was after France's entry into the Thirty Years War of the Spanish troops who had advanced by the then Spanish Netherlands, have taken and retaken in costly battles.
Attractions
- Corbie Abbey
- Church with carved pediment figures
- Town hall
Church
Town hall
Personalities
- Colette of Corbie (1381-1447), foundress, Saint
Twinning
Since 1963, thanks to close historical link of the monasteries of Corbie and Corvey a partnership with the German town of Hoexter. Furthermore, since 1967, a partnership with the English town of Pickering (North Yorkshire ).