Tarquimpol
Tarquimpol is a commune with 69 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Moselle in the Lorraine region. It belongs to the district of Château- Salins and Canton Dieuze.
Geography
The community Tarquimpol located southeast of Metz, on the southern edge of the pond Linder ( Etang de Lindre ). The municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park of Lorraine.
To Tarquimpol includes the two hamlets
- Old Ville ( Altweiler ) with associated lock
- La Breidt (width)
History
The village lies on the old Roman road from Metz to Strasbourg and was known in Roman times as Decempagi. He then had one of the largest amphitheatres of Gaul, which offered about 12,000 spectators at a diameter of 115 m; this plant is completely gone and was only rediscovered in 1981 on aerial photographs.
In the Middle Ages the town was on German -language area, in 1274 he was mentioned as Tackenpail. Then Tachempach ( 1295), Teckempal ( 1364 ), Tachemphul ( 1591 ), Tachempoltz ( 1612 ). At the latest by the events of the Thirty Years War, the language frontier moved then to the north and Tarquimpol was francophone.
By the Peace of Frankfurt the site was launched in 1871 back to Germany, 1915-18 was temporarily renamed Taichenphul and returned to France in November 1918.
During World War II the site was once again under German administration, the renamed him from 1940 to 1945 in Taichen.
Demographics
Personalities
- Maurice Barthélémy (1871-1922), landowner at Château d'Alte Ville, mayor of Tarquimpol, Member of Parliament