Vôge Plateau

The Voge is a sandstone plateau in northeastern France. It connects to the southwestern foothills of the Vosges Mountains and covers a 700 km ² area in the south of Lorraine and in the extreme north of the Franche- Comté region. The name evolved from Vosagia and is occupied as Vogia since the 11th century.

The present landscape designation Voge is limited to the territory of the watershed around the springs and headwaters of the Saône, the coney and the Semouse in the departments of Vosges and Haute -Saône in a triangle between Remiremont, Vittel and Saint -Loup- sur- Semouse while the existing until the 18th century Bailiwick Voge, whose seat was in Mirecourt, further north -lying areas around the cities Châtenois, Arches and charm included. The ridge Monts Faucilles derives from the Voge west toward Langres plateau above.

Characteristic of the Voge are large-scale mixed forests (beech, oak, pine ), small lakes and hot springs, which are used in the spas Bains- les- Bains and Plombières- les-Bains. In some older buildings you can still see the typical for the region roofing tile made ​​of sandstone slabs. The area is sparsely populated. The main economic activities are agriculture and tourism. Industries, there are only around Xertigny on the border region of the upper Moselle, which has a much higher density of industry.

From the 15th century glassmaking was in the Voge in high bloom. Early on, there was an exchange of knowledge with the famous glassmakers of Murano. From the centers in Darney and Hennezel (glass museum in the district Clairey ) were high-quality works in color and spread far beyond the borders of France.

The oldest cartographic presentation can be found on the 1513 printed Lorraine - West direction map of Martin Waldseemüller. The Voge is there distinguished as Vogesus mons of the Vosges designated Vosagus. The landscape Voge name is rarely found on modern maps. For some time he is increasingly in the tourism sector as well as in the name of the local government associations ( Communauté de communes ) Val de Voge and Voge vers les Rives de la Moselle used.

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• Le patois de la Voge on projetbabel.org (French)
• Glass from the Voge on Tyzack Genealogy ( pdf file, english, 85 kB)

• Landscape in France
• Geography (Lorraine )
• Geography ( Franche -Comté )