Sillegny is a common French located in the department of the the Moselle and the area Lorraine. Its inhabitants are called Sillegnoises and Sillegnois.

It is a Village flowered.

Geography

Sillegny is located in the valley of the Seille (river running in the east of the village) at 15 km at the south of Metz. In the west, the flat-topped outliers of the Côtes of the Moselle dominate the landscape. In north, after having passed the Ru of the Cruxes and in direction of Corner-on-Pail is the Hameau of Loiville, attached to the common .

History

The name of the village would come from a name that the Romains gave to the rural fields which they had developed along the rivers of the area and finishing by - iacum , suffix derived from the - ac of the language of the Médiomatriques which while evolving/moving became there . The Roman Voie connecting Lyon to Trier also passed to approximately 2 km to the western of Sillegny, skirting today the Forêt dominale of the Six-Cantons. Near this one and in extreme cases with the common neighbor of Trolley-Mardigny, one found the traces of a Gallo-Roman villa, proof of the old occupation of the site.

At the 11th century, Sillegny, then named Soleignie, was the property of the Metz-native abbey of Saint-Pierre, then at the 12th century that of the évêché of Metz. In 1246 the bishop Jacques yields the village as stronghold to the Sainte-Marie abbey (but the Saint Martin's day church remained the property of évêché until the Révolution). In 1635, at the end of the War Thirty Year old, the village escaped from little from the destruction by the Swedes and its church became a place of pilgrimage.

In 1871, following the Treated of Frankfurt and of the Franco-German war (lost by France), the current department of the the Moselle was annexed by the Empire German and integrated into the territory of empire of Alsace-Lorraine ( Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen ). Sillegny became then a German locality, renamed Sillningen . The Germans built then Casemate S (undoubtedly of the shelters with ammunition) in the Forêt dominale of the Six Cantons, close to the Secondary Road 67 and the Roman way. Although they are still upright nowadays, they are in sorry state and with the abandonment.

Sillegny became again French in 1918 at the conclusion of the First World War and turned over to the Germany in 1940 (annexation of the the Alsace-Moselle). Lastly, France took again possession in 1945 of it, but the bombardments of 1944 destroyed almost all the village.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Saint Martin's day church

It is called “Sixtine of the Pail”. Its Nef was built at the 15th century. This church, of Gothic style , had a massive and strengthened tower which was used to protect the inhabitants in disturbed times.

What makes the richness of the building are the Fresques papered with the walls and interior ceilings representing of the religious scenes, the saints and the holy ones. These anonymous frescos are dated from the end of XVe century or the beginning of the XVI {E}} century. The legend tells that in 1540 and at the request of the priest of the village, a travelling Italian painter decorated the church with paintings drawn from the Gospel and of the Bible. Today, several assumptions always circulate on the identity of the artists, authors of these drawings worked with egg and the adhesive. The realization is sometimes allotted to painters sent by the sisters of the cloister Holy-Marie-with-Nonnains Metz.

Passed with mode according to some, they were covered with paint towards the end with XVIIIe even at the beginning of the XIXe century. In 1845, redécouverte then caused a first restoration by the Metz-native artist to them Malardot which will last twenty years.

The church is classified with the historical heritage in 1881.

In 1945, the Saint Martin's day church escaped the bombardments, only the bell-tower was destroyed and the damaged painting of the last Judgment. Its restoration began one year later and finishes in 1963.

To fight against the wear of time, of work of restoration were undertaken of at the beginning of 2002 to at the end of 2004, limiting the access to the visitors to one Sunday per month.

Loiville

Loiville is a hamlet attached to the commune of Sillegny and located at 1 km at the north of the village, at the edge of the Seille. At the 15th century it was called Loyveille-on-Covers. A firm-castle there was found. Its population in 1674 rose with 113 inhabitants.

Others

  • Castle: it was shaven during the Second world war. There remains only the gate about it.
  • Vault: it is in the Bois of Curelle.
  • Lorette Cross: it was built by Jacques Lorette in 1892. The inscription there is found: “With the honor of God and the Holy Trinity and with the duties of the passers by”.
  • Monument Remember: inaugurated on November 6th 1988, it is located near the statue Our-Lady-of-Fields, close to the school.

Personalities related to the commune

Transport

Plane

The Aéroport Metz-Nancy-Lorraine is only to 15 km (by D 5 and D 911).

Bus

The village is served by lines 64 and 65 of the interurban Transports of the Moselle (TIM).

Route

Sillegny is crossed by the secondary road 5 (connecting Metz to Cheminot) like by the secondary road 67 (connecting Arry to Sorbey). The exits nº 28 and nº 29 (also exchanging with the NR 431, southern skirting of Metz) of the has 31 are respectively to 7,5 km and 8,5 km.

Train

stations TGV of Louvigny and Vandières will be only with one ten minutes of the village.

Communes bordering

External bonds

  • the site of the Town hall of Sillegny
  • the Saint Martin's day church on impens.com
  • Sillegny on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Sillegny on the site of INSEE
  • Sillegny on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Sillegny on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Sillegny on Mapquest

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