Grosbliederstroff
Grosbliederstroff ( German Großblittersdorf ) is a commune with 3311 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Moselle in the Lorraine region. It is bordered by Germany and to the community Kleinblittersdorf with which it is connected by the Friendship Bridge that spans the river Saar. The town was first mentioned in 777 as Blittharia villa.
Culture and Language
The official language is French, but German is very common among the population. Due to the proximity to the metropolitan area Saarbrücken are around 20 % of the population German nationals.
History
Wholesale and Kleinblittersdorf were located in Middle Ages and early modern times only two on opposite banks of the Saar parts, founded in the year 777, Lorraine Bliederstorff community. The prefixes large or small for the two districts made their first appearance on the late 16th century and were merely an indicator of the different inhabitants. Separated by the decisions of the Congress of Vienna since 1815, were both districts after the Franco-German war from 1871 to the German Empire, albeit at different partial states (G. to the kingdom land Alsace-Lorraine, K. to the Prussian Rhine Province ). From 1919 Großblittersdorf was once a town in France, while Kleinblittersdorf was as a result of the Versailles Treaty in the French- controlled, administered by the League of Nations Saar and in 1935 during the Third Reich. Located From 1940 until the end of World War II together again under German rule, followed until 1956 - as from 1919 to 1935 - again a time when both places were under French influence: Grosbliederstroff as it was now called, as a community in the department of Moselle, Kleinblittersdorf in the semi-autonomous Saarland, which was a German state through the Saar Treaty on 1 January 1957.
Demographics
Attractions
Sights of Großblittersdorf are the church of St Innocent, the Marian shrine of Notre Dame du bush fire and the Parcours de santé et botanique. Particularly worth seeing is the equipment, built by the Norbertine abbey in the 18th century parish church Wadgassen. Here and in the chapel of St Croix on the marketplace you will find valuable altars and statues of the family of sculptors Guldner from Beru from the building time.
Partnership
Grosbliederstroff maintains a partnership with the neighboring municipality of Saarland Kleinblittersdorf.