Aboncourt-sur-Seille

Aboncourt -sur -Seille is a small town in the French department of Moselle in the Lorraine region, with 72 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011). It belongs to the Communauté de communes du Kommunalverband Saulnois.

Geography

Aboncourt -sur -Seille located in Saulnois, 20 kilometers northeast of Nancy and 30 kilometers south of Metz at the seille, a tributary of the Moselle.

History

The name originated from the Frankish name Abbo and the Latin word for curtis " yard". So he means " Abbo's yard".

In the surrounding area there are traces of Gallo-Roman times.

The place formerly belonged to the priory land in Salonnes and the Abbey of Salival (now a part of the community Moyenvic ).

1793 received Aboncourt -sur -Seille (as Aboncourt ) in the wake of the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ) the status of a municipality and in 1801 the right to local self-government. It belonged from 1801 to 1871 to the former department of Meurthe, which was renamed in 1871 in Meurthe -et -Moselle. 1871, the community was incorporated into the newly created National Rural Alsace-Lorraine by the German Empire due to territorial changes through the course of the German - French War ( 1870-1871 ). The National Rural Alsace-Lorraine existed until the end of World War I (1914-1918) and was subsequently dissolved. Aboncourt -sur -Seille was at that time in the department of Moselle, this change was also maintained in 1918, when France was awarded Moselle again. Aboncourt -sur -Seille was a French-speaking village to the last 247 municipalities whose name was Germanized on September 2, 1915. The name was changed to " Abenhofen " and until 1918 was the official place name.

Coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms is reminiscent of the Abbey of Salival. In the heraldic left half of a silver salmon is shown on a red background, in the right half of a red key on golden background. The key is the attribute of Saint Pierre, which is dedicated to the 18th-century church of the village.