Vaudreching

Vaudreching is a common French located in the department of the the Moselle and the basin of life of the Moselle-is.

Geography

History

The origin of its name

Its name underwent during the centuries of very many transformations. Its first form goes back to 1179: Valdraca or Waldraca. In 1210 one finds the trace of the name Valdercka, then Waldinga in 1314 and Waldrick in 1319. In 1450, one reads the name Valdergyen, then Walderca and Walderchen in 1544, Weyllingn in 1594. The name of Valerchen appears in 1599, then Valderchen in 1606, Vallerka in 1633 and still Valdrechen. It is only in 1741 that its current name appears: Vaudrechin (without G). Then, in 1779, little before the revolution, the current name Vaudreching, sometimes written without G. Of 1871 with 1918, Vaudreching takes the name of Wallerchen (very close to the current denomination Walachen into francic). Under the occupation (1941 - 1944), the German authorities take again the old Valdrick denomination to make of it Waldreich (village rich in wood). With the release the name Vaudreching is renewed.

Lords

In 1033, at the time of the foundation of the abbey of Bouzonville, Vaudreching belongs to the grounds of the abbey with the seigneuriaux and ecclesiastical rights.

Towards 1030 when Adalbert returns of Holy Land after the Crusade, his Judith wife which did not hope any more its return had transformed the castle of Bouzonville into abbey, also they were withdrawn at the provostal house of Vaudreching where Adalbert died on June 30th, 1034.

In September 1281, Ferry III, duke of Lorraine, buys meadows and fields of the Benedictines with Vaudreching.

The Benedictines of Bouzonville raise in Vaudreching a mill, a house seigneuriale and a smallholding which are of frankness from all loads with respect to the Court of Auditors of Lorraine.

The abbey of Rettel had there also goods.

In 1585, Vaudreching is a possession of the duke of Lorraine in the châtellenie of Bérus but only for high justice.

August 19th 1599, the yearly Plaid S specify that the inhabitants of Vaudreching who find in the forest of the flies with honey, can cut the tree which carries them but must give half of the bees to the abbey of Bouzonville.

It is also taught us that high justice belonged to ducal justice bailliagère of Bérus.

In 1599 the lord of Borough-Esch exerts for a long time the functions of dedicated for the abbey of Bouzonville and it has there a house called house of Bourgesch. The dedicated lords charge the same rights as the abbey of Bouzonville: each inhabitant must annually with St Remy, a wheat quad per quarter of day of cultivated ground. Each inhabitant also pays in Schafftgeld 3 frs 10 large per annum and each built house owes a goose with St Etienne of August and a hen with the Carnival. According to the census of September 12th, 1701, Christophe Guillaume de Haen perceives in Vaudreching 28 geese and 28 hens coming from the houses of the vouery: these houses are those of Samson Kab, Nicolas Heitz, Peter Philips, Johannes Pick, Seimetz Schumacher, Adams Bernz, Léonard Fink, Jean Klamm, Pierre Lesieur, Adam Jàger and the hovels of Pierre Philippe, of Jean Pick, Adam Berenz, Jean Oliger, Nicolas Scholer, Worin Zeller, Johann Schlinckert, Johannes Karcher, Schmietz Michel, Welsch Sontag, Diderich Kolbus, Clés Dûppenweiller, Jean Lanios, Heisen Dietz, Clas Oliger, Nicolas Johann, Birker Mathes and Nicolas Heitz.

Pardevant moy, general Tabellion in Lorraine and gardenotte of prévôté of Vaidrevange, Bouzonville and ground of Bérus, appeared in person Sieur Christophe Guillaume de Haën, knight, acknowledged lord of Bouzonville and Vaudreching, afiablé of lord Philippe François de Haën, knight, lord of Borough-Esch, captain and provost for S.A. Roy, offices of Siesbourg, Merzig and Sargau, which declared us that in conformity of the old acts of the castle and Seigneurie of Borough-Esch and those of its passage to him obtained, it is to him annually on the houses for its vouery in the villages of Bouzonville and Vaudreching the quantity of 39 geese and similar number of hens not included/understood those which are due like wages to the mayeurs and sergeants of the places of which it is named that inside the place of Bouzonville it usually paid it eleven geese and as many hens and in Vaudreching twenty eight geese and twenty eight hens; making in all in the two places thirty-nine of each of the two species, including a house with Guisching (in addition to those which are due to the mayeurs and sergeants) and as by the misfortune of gueux more the share of the houses fell in ruins and become again hovels, it had made assemble the monks and people of justice of the places to make my statement of the houses and hovels prone to the payment of the oyes and the pulleys. Consequently of what they had declared that on all houses… on the bottom of the vouery in which smoke, ...... and the water drip, they must to the dedicated sergeant who is at present the sior Christophe Guillaume de Haën for each one year in time of Carnavales a pulley and at the day of St Estienne in August un® oye and whom inside the place of Bouzonville it has there at present only two houses in state located on the vouery of which one is inhabited by Jean Lanios and the other by Jean Reichart and who the others nine are reduced in hovels of which the Reverends Pères of the abbey of Bouzonville would have included/understood two in the fence of their garden of which one belonged to Peter Wirts and the other in Peter Schlincquerts and as for the others seven, of the hovels. One belongs to Friderich Meyer, the second with Dietz Becker, the third with Peter Claude, the fourth with Diederique Steinmetzer, the fifth with Hilten Johann, the sixth with Schauten Johannes, the seventh with Mathes Clam located at the place. Of course nevertheless when there are various households in the same house making various fires each one must pay a hen and a oye in particular and that ainsy the number of the oyes and pulleys can increase and decrease and as for the village of Vaudreching it was at present ten houses in states all dependant on the vouery and twenty and one reduced in hovels which all are prone to the payment of the oyes and pulleys of which those which are still in state are called as follows:

the house of Meyers Samson Kab the house of Nicolas Heitz the house of Joannes Pick the house of Seimetz Schumacher the house of Adams Berenz the house of Léonard Finck the house of Jean Klaum or Klanun the stone-built house Sieur the house of Antoine Jàger

Item a hovel with the husbands Pierre Philippe to which the heirs are not yet known Item a hovel pertaining to Jean Pick Item still a hovel located at the coat pertaining to the same Jean Pique Item a hovel pertaining to Adam Berenz Item a hovel belonging to Jean Oliger Item a hovel belonging to Nicolas Scholer Item a hovel belonging to Worn Zeller etconsors a barn which was a house above belonging to the heirs to Zeimetz Schumacker Item a hovel belonging to the heirs to Jean Schlinkert Item a hovel belonging to Joannes Karcher Item a hovel belonging to Schrictz Michel Item a hovel belonging to the heirs to Welsch Sontag Item a hovel belonging to Diderich Kolbus located between Diderich Kolbus and Hans Klamm Item a hovel belonging to Ches Dûppenweiller Item a hovel belonging to Jean Lanios and consors Item a hovel belonging to Heisen Dietz and consors Item a hovel belonging to Clas Oliger Item a hovel belonging to the heirs to Nicolas Johann Item a hovel belonging to the heirs to Birker Mathes Item a hovel belonging to the heirs to Nicolas Heitz

Let us declare the mayeurs and aldermen and people of justice " knew any other house nor hovel prone to the rights depending on the vouery. Let us propose however if it yes one some other to their knowledge to check it at once that it will have come there. In addition to what, they signed and sub-brand the present ones jointly at the Sirs Christophe Guillaume and Philippe François de Haên with me tabellion undersigned resident in Bouzonville.

Bouzonville it twelfth September millet seven hundred one.

In August 1599, Jean Hooted, general lieutenant of the bailliage recognizes that the abbot of Bouzonville has the right to take a right of panage of 4 pricottes on the driven out pores to glandée in the forest of Vaudreching of St Remy to the co. Gertrude on March 17th. The surplus of glandée after November 15th is to be divided between the abbot and the community. In 1599 on complaint of the abbot against excesses of the inhabitants of Vaudreching, the general lieutenant decides that people will be able to take wood of maronage and of affouage but with prohibition to resell some.

In 1600 the heirs to the lords of Siersberg sell their rights to the Master of the revenues, Ludwin Bockenheimer, of Vaudreching with the agreement of Charles III of Lorraine.

In 1611 Jean Louis de Hohensaxen is land lord following the division of lachâtellenie of Bérus.

In 1616, Henri of Lorraine, commendatory abbot of the abbey of Bouzonville, leased the frank house of Vaudreching and the right to hold herd separately to Mathieu Croizet, receiver of the abbey in the condition of providing the male animals for Bouzonville.

The forest of Vaudreching and AIzing which the abbey of Bouzonville had covered 1500 arpents.

In 1619 the sior Nicolas Pistor pronounces an arbitration between the abbeys of Freistroff and Bouzonville in connection with the grounds located with Vaudreching. The abbey of Bouzonville was owner of the forests of Vaudreching and often they were the object of contention with the inhabitants in particular in connection with the rights of glandée.

The abbey of Bouzonville has all the rights of jurisdiction to Vaudreching., except the high justice which belongs to the châtellenie of Bérus.

July 3rd, 1681 Georges Armand de Zandt makes his consents and enumerations for the dependences of its house of Siersberg burned in 1677. Y appears in particular Vallerchen.

De Haen yields to Chair half of the vouery of Bouzonville and of Vaudreching in 1740 with the help of 6000 pounds consisting of the half of 43 corn quads and half, measures of Vaudrevange, making 40 measurements of Sarrelouis and 2 oats quads, half of hens and geese which had by the owners and would carry of the aforesaid the vouery is 14 hens and as many geese.

In denied the 1755 large huntsman of Lorraine, the count Jacques de Lignéville, large baillif de Boulay, reserves the hunting rights in the forests of Vaudreching.

In 1762, the royal field of Bouzonville and Vaudreching was ascensé with Pierre SCHOLTUS, clerk as a chief of National Forestry Commission of Bouzonville. This field consisted of 2 parts: the first came from the field of Bouzonville and included/understood rights to Vaudreching, as well as the high pastoral fines and the right of herd to share. The second part came under the field of Bérus and included/understood the royalties and rights due to the king by the communities of Bouzonville, Vaudreching, AIzing and Edling. The whole was ascencé for 800 books per annum.

Hiring of the domanial rights belonging to Roy in the fields of Bouzonville and Bérus located to Bouzonville, Vaudreching, AIzing, Schreckling, Voeifling, Ediing and Brettnach except: right of stopper and sign of the drudgeries due to the castle of Bérus of the rights of " faciene" of beer of the rights of gauge of the rights of " rifflerie" and of " chatrerie"

The whole is allocated for 1.600 books to Pierre SCHOLTUS, receiver of wood and clerk as of the control of Bouzonville.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

the crib of the Saint-Remi church can be visited mid-December until mid-January of each year. The entry is free.

The church of Vaudreching-Alzing

Outside, the style of the church of Vaudreching does not present anything extraordinary. It is the church of the poor people in the shade of the rich person Benedictine abbey of Bouzonville on which it depended. Only its ceiling in stucco and especially its seniority confer real values to him. It is impossible to determine the date of its construction. The fact that it “is directed” lets us guess that it is very old. The chorus is directed towards the East - towards the rising of the sun - and the tower at the end of this chorus represents Christ rising with the Sky, involving with Him its people represented in the nave. The main entrance - closed today - was formerly Northern side of the nave and represented for the manufacturers the entry open to the pagan people coming from the north which was not évangélisé yet. It is precisely the threshold of this door, dug very deeply under the steps of those which entered there during the centuries spent, which lets to us guess the very moved back age of this sanctuary. Until the French revolution in 1789, it was the parish church of Bouzonville, Vaudreching, Alzing, Edling, Benting, Heckling and even of Brettnach. A remarkable historical event is to be quoted: August 22nd 1786, the grandparents of the famous writer Bernanos who lived the parish, were married in this church. At the time of the Great Revolution, when the monks Benedictines of Bouzonville were driven out, the abbot Antoine Ving emigrated in 1791 with his vicar, Jean Harter in Heggbach in Wurtemberg, where it remained until in 1802. But its vicar Jean Harter returned already in 1797 and was named missionary of all the lower valley of Nied. It is thanks to him and with other missionaries of passage the religious acts of this disturbed time are available. The religious acts preserved in the parish of Vaudreching go back to the year 1653.

Personalities related to the commune

External bonds

Official site of the commune of Vaudreching
Site of the crib of the communal church
Vaudreching on the site of the national geographical Institute
Vaudreching on the site of INSEE
Vaudreching on the site of Quid
Localization of Vaudreching on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Vaudreching on Mapquest

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