Germainvilliers
Germainvilliers is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Marne and the area Champagne-Ardenne.
Geography
History
Administration
Demography
Graph of evolution of the population 1794-1999
Places and monuments
Church end XVIè XVè-beginning dedicated to St Felix. Picturesque retable, presenting to the top the Visitation and on the gate vault the Epiphany in low relief, Gerdolle style, recently renovated but not repaints. Ironwork arc triompal, support of communion and grid of baptismal font XVIIIè realized by local artists. Very rich sculptor. On the first flagstone of the central alley one still guesses the traces of the original inscription: Here gist honoured lord Jean de Sarrazin, Lord of Germainvilliers and Saint-Ouen partly, lieutenant have government of Mothe, which died on January 31st, 1635. Request God for his heart. It is his/her son Antoine, captain of the company posted with the Saint Nicolas's Day Bastion at the time of the first seat of the fortress and lieutenant-colonel close to the Cliquot governor, at the time of the second seat, which brought back to the village the beautiful Cross known as of Mothe, dated 1626, thus saving it massacre. It is him also which carried religieusemnt on him, during the seat, the " Reliquary of true the croix" out of enamelled gold which one can see with the Lorraine Museum in Nancy. The castle is today property of M.Vuillemin which restores it as well as possible the EC what one knows of his origins. One can see the blazon of the Sarrazin family always there: " Of money to the leopard lioness of mouths, half-compartment, constant of azure to a gold star; and for cimier, a half far from mouths, between a flight of money and or."according to J.Marchal Memory of Bassigny and J.Ch.Chapelier defenders of Mothe. Sylvain Mouginot
Personalities related to the commune
See too
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Common of Haute-Marne
External bonds
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Germainvilliers on the site of the national geographical Institute
- Germainvilliers on the site of INSEE
- Germainvilliers on the site of Quid
- Localization of Germainvilliers on a chart of France and communes bordering
- Plane on Germainvilliers on Mapquest