Saint-Quirin

Saint- Quirin ( German Saint Quirin ) is a commune with 784 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Moselle in the Lorraine region.

The place was declared by the association Les Plus Beaux Villages de France one of the most beautiful villages in France.

• 2.1 Secular Buildings
• 2.2 churches

History

First documented in Saint- Quirin is the year 966, the name goes back to the Roman name Quirinus, a Roman tribune. The Abbey Marmoutier possessed in the Middle Ages a priory in Saint- Quirin, which was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War and rebuilt in the 18th century in part. In the 15th century, a glass factory moved to that primarily manufactured glasses for the grand-ducal palace of Nancy. Until the French Revolution included the communities Métairies -Saint -Quirin and Vasperviller to Saint- Quirin. During the revolutionary years, the city was temporarily Cœur francs.

Demographics

Attractions

In the vicinity of Saint- Quirin is found relics from prehistoric times. At the nearby archaeological site Croix Guillaume relics were discovered from the Gallo-Roman era: a necropolis, sculptures, stelae, pottery and jewelry.

Secular buildings

• Medieval houses
• Presbytery, a former priory from 1711 with carved gables, bays, chapter house and a statue of St. John of Nepomuk from the 18th century.

Churches

• The baroque church of Saint- Quirin, rebuilt 1722, is the former church of the Priory: three onion domes, a unique nave and the special equipment they make worth seeing. Altars and a choir from the 18th century, which extends over three levels.
• The chapel Sainte -Claire in 1818 restored