Place Saint-Jacques (Metz)

The Place Saint -Jacques, former Jacob space is a square in the historic center of Metz. It is located in front of the same name opened in 1976 the shopping center and the streets between rue Fabert and Ladoucette. It is designed as a pedestrian zone and is close to the Place d'Armes with the Cathedral of Metz.

Toponyms

  • Place Saint -Jacques (1137 - 1609 - 1698 )
  • Place Derrière -Saint -Sauveur (1698 - 1773)
  • Place de la République (1792 )
  • Place d' Austerlitz (1806 - 1815)
  • Place Saint -Jacques (1816 - 1830)
  • Place d' Austerlitz (1831 - 1874)
  • National Rural Alsace- Lorraine: Jakob Course ( 1874-1918 )
  • Place Saint -Jacques
  • CdZ - Lorraine area: Jakob Course ( 1940-1944 ).
  • Place Saint -Jacques

History

The name of the place derives from the adjacent church of St. Jacob, which was repealed in 1574. A Saint -Jacques- fountain was in the square in front of the collegiate church of St. Sauveur ( Redeemer Church ), built in the 15th century, in 1498. The fountain was destroyed in 1730 and rebuilt in 1759 on the corner of rue de Ladoucette and Petit Paris. The stone sculpture of the Apostle James the Greater was destroyed during the Revolution. The remains later to the rue du Pont -des- Morts transferred ..

In the period from 1832 to 1907, covered a hall the whole court, were sold on the vegetables and flowers. Every year on 26 December began and ended the service conditions of employees and on the court they met to seek work.

The Place Saint -Jacques is because of its numerous cafes and restaurants, especially in the outdoor season, appreciated.

Notre- Dame de Metz, a Marian column

During the series of five German offensives towards the end of the First World War feared the Catholics of Metz, that their city would be the scene of a renewed battle. They prayed with their bishop Willibrord Benzlers to a good outcome of the war and pledged to build the " Holy Virgin " a statue, if the city would be spared from the fighting. The Place Saint -Jacques has been earmarked as the site for Duomo because of its central location and proximity. Bishop Willibrord took the votive offering as a sign of thanks for the rescue, but not live to see the realization of the promise, since he resigned in January 1919 because of his German nationality, and died 1921. The statue was inaugurated the Assumption 1924 on the feast of Mary.

The consecration of the monument was made ​​by Bishop Jean -Baptiste Pelt, the new bishop of Metz, in the presence of Mgr Ruch, Bishop of Strasbourg and Bishop Alphonse Gabriel Foucault, Bishop of Saint- Dié. Previously, André du Bois de La held Villerabel, Archbishop of Rouen and Primate of Normandy a speech. The monument consists of an Ionic column of Pierre de Jaumont ( oolitic limestone of the old Metz) by eight meters high and is the work of Max Braemer, while a six foot high bronze statue is the work of sculptor Jacques Martin.

CdZ-Gebiet Lothringen Titles of Mary Oolite
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