The Saint-Germain-Source-Seine

Geography

The commune is located on the plate of Langres near the watershed between the basin of the Seine and the Saone-Rhone basin.

One there finds primary source of the Seine, that History has devoted as being river which runs to Paris and to Rouen, although technically it is established that it is only about one affluent of the Aube, itself flow of the Yonne, which is the true principal branch of the unit. But if one wants to go further in this polemic, the true source of the Seine was a long time with the Mont Gerbier de Jonc since the Seine-Paddle-Yonne unit threw in the the Loire side of Moret…

History

St Germain is the name of most famous bishops of Autun. The origin of St-Germain-the-Sheet appears to go back to the year 1004. Aymon de Vergy, count d' Auxois and of Duesme, made gift with the abbey of St Pierre de Flavigny, of an oratory raised in the honor of German St, close to Chanceaux.

This donation included/understood also a great quantity of grounds where soon some dwellings rose, core of the village which accepted the name of Sanctus Germanus de Lato Folio (St-Germain-the-Sheet). The inhabitants of the place belonged to the abbey of Flavigny. They could however elect a mayor and it is into 1270 that one speaks for the first time about this officer. By a letter dated September 14th, 1489, the monks freed the mayor from German St, Mr. Michel MARGUERITE.

The stamping from the inhabitants of German St took place 23 years after that of the mayor, on January 30th, 1511. The wood of Champsalle given by the monks of Flavigny to the inhabitants of German St was alienated by those in July 1623 but the price not having never been paid, the inhabitants resold with the biddings all the good communal on October 13rd, 1644 and the new owners were Misters ARNAULT, BRIGANDET and JACQUOTOT inter alia.

A research of fires dated October 26th, 1661 establishes that the village has 25 inhabitants including 15 plowmen, 1 carpenter, 4 other workmen, 4 widowed women and the shepherdess of the place. The priest had given up the country. In 1666, the intendant BUTCHER visits German St and note: - the parish is called St-Germain-the-Sheet, the village of Blessey depends on it - Évêché of Autun, attics with salt with Saulx-the-Duke and Châtillon - the sior RIOLAN, abbot of Flavigny is the lord - the known as place is located on the mountain, the extent of fining is of one half-league in length and one mile in roundness. There are no trade, but only plowmen - it is a country of mountain where it believes all grains except wheat in it. There are not a vine and little pre - they are 14 inhabitants including the widowed women - they are in charge of the maintenance of their church whose bell is broken as well as fountain - they sold on October 13rd, 1644 all their communal goods

Called Saint-Germain-the-Sheet a long time, undoubtedly because of abundance of its wood, the village takes the name of the Source-Seine to the revolution to eliminate any denominational reference, before fixing itself on the Saint-Germain-source-Seine.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

the source of the Seine in a cave. From where the name of the city, decorated of a copy of the Jouffroy sculptor.
Romance Church of XIIe century, the nave is XVIIIe.

Economy

cereal Agriculture.
bovine and ovine Breeding.
Craft industry of Article
Tourism.

Personalities related to the commune

Paul Lamarche

See too

Common of Coast-in Or

External bonds

Site of the sources of the Seine
the Saint-Germain-Source-Seine on the site of the national geographical Institute
the Saint-Germain-Source-Seine on the site of INSEE
the Saint-Germain-Source-Seine on the site of Quid
Localization of the Saint-Germain-Source-Seine on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on the Saint-Germain-Source-Seine on Mapquest

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