Wassy

Wassy is a commune with 2952 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Haute -Marne, in the Champagne -Ardenne region. Its inhabitants are called in French Wasseyens.

Geography

Wassy is located on the Blaise, a small tributary of the Marne, and is capital of the canton Wassy in the Arrondissement Saint -Dizier.

History

In the year 211 Wassy was burned and looted by the Roman legions of Caracalla, the emperor was in the same year.

The Mary Queen of Scots, lived as the wife of Francis II of France, in the castle of Wassy 1559-1561. Franz II gave her for their livelihood, the income from the lands around Wassy, Chaumont and Saint- Dizier.

The massacre of Wassy happened on March 1, 1562nd When the Duke Francis of Guise in Wassy arrived, he heard that 500 to 600 Protestants in a barn the city celebrated a Mass, which was forbidden. The duke was lord of the place and at the same time head of the Catholic party. His men forced by force the Protestants to come out. Twenty-three people died, hundreds were injured. This incident marked the beginning of the First Huguenot War between the French Protestants and Catholics.

Wassy was to eliminate the arrondissements in 1926 the seat of a sub-prefecture. The district was indeed restored in 1940, but now. Having Saint- Dizier as a sub-prefecture, since this city was much larger than Wassy, the only remained capital of the canton of the same

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame from the late 12th century, Monument historique since 1875
  • Reconstructed barn of the massacre of Wassy, 1562, in the 19th century at the old location
  • Protestant Museum, which was in 1990 in the former Protestant church ( temple ) of 1889 established and dedicated to the history of the massacre
  • Old theater
  • Tour du Dôme, Monument historique since 1933
  • Cross Croix de la Perriere
  • Dam of Lac Leschères

Personalities

  • François Alexandre Pernot
  • Pierre Gilles de Chanlaire
  • Tableau général de la nouvelle division de la France, Paris, 1802
  • Description topographique et statistique de la France, 1810, 2 volumes
  • Atlas de la France en départements (s 86 cartes ), 1818
  • Atlas de grandes cartes du théâtre de la guerre en Orient de l' Égypte, du Rhin et de la Belgique, etc.
  • Camille (1864-1943) and Paul Claudel (1868-1955) lived from 1879 to 1881 in Wassy where the first work of Camille, a Bismarck's head emerged.
  • Michel Creton (* 1942), actor, born in Wassy

Twinning

  • Epping Germany (since 1967)
Champagne-Ardenne Arrondissement of Saint-Dizier Cantons of France Postal codes in France Blaise (Marne) Marne (river) Mary, Queen of Scots Francis II of France Saint-Dizier Camille Claudel Eppingen
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