Folschviller
Folschviller ( German: Folschweiler ) is a commune with 4190 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Moselle in the Lorraine region. It belongs to the district Forbach, in the canton of Saint- Avold -1 and the Local Government Association Pays naborien.
- 3.1 Förderturm
Geography
Folschviller is about five kilometers southwest of Saint- Avold, near the border with Saarland at an altitude of 270 meters above the sea. Thanks to the southeast of the village flows the upper Nied Allemande ( German Nied ). The north of the municipal territory is forested ( Bois de Furst ), and southeast of the Nied the community has a stake in a wooded area ( Ubernied ).
The old village center with the church in the south and the former mining settlement Cite Furst in the north have grown together. Roughly in the center thus creating a new center with market place, town hall ( Mairie ) and school.
Neighboring communities of Folschviller are Saint-Avold and Valmont in the north, Altviller in the northeast, Vahl- Ebersing and Lelling the southeast, Teting -sur -Nied in the southwest and Laudrefang in the northwest.
History
Other spellings were: Wolswilre ( 1275 ), Folchweiler (1751 ), Folschweiler (1793), Folschwiller ( 19th century). Folschwiller was before the French Revolution part of the Trois- Évêchés in the former county Kriechingen ( Comté de Créhange ).
From 1909 to 1979, sponsored in Folschviller coal. After the Second World War, the promotion was intensified and it was the workers' settlement Cité Furst.
Demographics
Attractions
- Extended Nativity ( Église de la Paroissiale Nativity ), built in the place of a previous 1832 ( Choir) by new tower in 1863
- Church of St. John Bosco ( Église Saint -Jean- Bosco ) in the Quartier Furst
- Fourteen Holy Helpers built Chapel ( Chapelle des Saints- auxiliaires ), before 1781
Förderturm
From the former coal mining industry, which was set in 1979, the headframe of the former shaft Folschviller has remained one received. the shaft has a diameter of 6.55 m and extends to a depth of 907 m.
Economy and infrastructure
After the end of coal mining in March 1979, a greater exodus through the creation of new industries could be prevented. Consequently in the area of the old coal mine in the Parc Industriel de Furst. There and in the industrial area north-east of the old village, numerous companies in the metal and food industries as well as craft and service companies settled.
The nearby town of Saint- Avold allows convenient inter-regional transport links by road and rail ( Autoroute A4, railway lines to Metz, Forbach and Saarbrücken).