Plappeville

Plappeville is a common French located in the department of the the Moselle.

Geography

The commune is located at approximately five kilometers in the North-West of the town of Metz. It is established on the slopes of the Saint-Quentin mount between 250 and 300 m of altitude. It is surrounded by the communes of Trolley-the-Metz, Metz, Round of applause-Saint-Martin, Scy-Chazelles and Lessy.

History

Antiquity: According to the work undertaken by the historian Louis Viansson, the immediate surroundings of the town of Divodorum (rebatized later Metz) are already inhabited whereas begins the Roman occupation. A certain number of villas were set up on the slopes of the Saint-Quentin mount, not far from the road connecting Rheims to Trier. The district of Tignomont, currently located on the heights of the village undoubtedly draws its name from the loggers who exploited the neighbouring forests then.

621 : Saint Pappole, 28e bishop of Metz, makes build his residence of summer to the current site of the village. He baptizes his residence Pappoli Villa from where the village will draw its name. Thereafter, it will bequeath the villa to the abbey of Saint-Symphorien whom it itself had founded.

835 : Drogon, 40e bishop of Metz, pays of Saint-Quentin in Vermandois of the relics of Saint-Quentin. It makes build an oratory at the top of the mountain where the relics are deposited. This oratory was replaced thereafter by a sanctuary which was used as parish several centuries lasting to the inhabitants of Plappeville, Scy-Chazelles, Lessy and Longeville.

923 : The village is shaved by the troops of Henri the Bird-catcher. The monks of Saint-Symphorien harness themselves with his rebuilding. They set up a large vault where the relics of Holy Brigide will be stored, abbess of Kildar close to Dublin died into 523. Sainte Brigide is always the owner of the village as the presence testifies some to the tongues of fire on the blazon of the commune.

1143 : The church of Plappeville as its dependences pass under the authority of the abbey of Gorze.

1212 : The abbey of Saint-Symphorien recovers the possession of the church of Plappeville.

1346 with 1443: The armies of Robert de Commercy devastate with three recoveries the Metz-native Country in particular Tignomont. Then the city of Metz enters in war against the Duc of Lorraine. The conflict lasts seven months and obliges the inhabitants of the Valley of Metz to find refuge behind the ramparts of the city. The villages neighborhood, whose Plappeville, are striped chart. Once more the village is rebuilt, in particular the church whose work is completed in 1493. The current church goes back to this time, of the original building only the tower and some pillars remain.

1552 : Just like the town of Metz, Plappeville is attached to the Kingdom of France. The troops of the Marquis de Brandebourg establish their district in the village at the time of the seat, unfruitful, of Metz by Charles Quint.

1588 with 1593: 30 inhabitants are recognized guilty acts of sorcery and are carried out in public place.

1603 : Nicolas Houillon arranges a source ferruginous, known as of the Good Fountain .

Beginning of the 17th century: The clerk of justice of the abbey Saint-Symphorien, Jean Bauchez, undertakes the drafting of a newspaper reporting the significant events which have occurred within the village. At the time, the village counts nearly 300 hearts and ten notable residents of Metz makes there build their residences of summer. The vine growing then makes live 65 hearths out of 71.

1635 : The armies of Bernard of Saxony-Weimar take by storm the village.

1636 : The village is plundered by the Croatian soldiers of the Emperor. He escapes from little from the flames.

1643 : Plappeville is again put at bag leaves a band the Burgundian ones. This plundering puts an end to the important damage caused by the Thirty Year old wars and Lorraine, in particular the plague and the typhus, transmitted by the soldiers, who strike the village hard.

1701 : Appearance of the first registers of civil statue. They are initially held by the priests then by the town hall as from 1790.

1789 : At the time of the General states, the inhabitants address their register of grievances to the King. They denounce there the taxes and other royalties seigneuriales which deprive them of the 3/5 of their incomes. The village will be saved by the torments of the Revolution. Many emigrants find refuge there, fleeing the disorders and the Terreur.

1814 : a Russian division occupies the village temporarily.

1870 : The marshal Bazaine establishes his general headquarter in the village. He organizes there the defense of Metz. November 22nd, the ammunition dump of the Extremely of Plappeville, then held by the Germans, explodes killing out of many prisoners of war French. Plappeville, just like the Alsace and the the Moselle, is annexed by Germany.

1918 : November 11th, Plappevillois find French nationality.

1940 : November 11th, the German army expels the near total of the population of the village.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Church dating from XIe century.
Extremely of Plappeville, built by France between 1867 and 1870) (renamed Strong Alvenslebenn and arranged by the Germans of 1871 to 1891).

Personalities related to the commune

External bonds

Plappeville on the site of the national geographical Institute
Plappeville on the site of INSEE
Plappeville on the site of Quid
Localization of Plappeville on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Plappeville on Mapquest

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