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Metz ou Métis [1] (em latim: Mettis; em francês: Metz; pronúncia em francês: (escutar ⓘ)) é uma cidade do nordeste da França, capital da região de Grande Leste e do departamento de Moselle. Ela está localizada na confluência dos rios Mosela e Seille.
- Brasão de armas
- 49° 07' 13" N 6° 10' 40" E
- Messin
- França
Metz (/ ˈ m ɛ t s / METS, French: ⓘ, Latin: Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then Mettis) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Est region.
- Ancient History
- A Merovingian Capital
- A Free Imperial City
- Integration Into The Kingdom of France
- The First German Annexation
- Interwar Period: Return to France
- Second German Annexation: World War II
- Post-War Period to The Present Day
- Further Reading
The Celtic Mediomatrici tribe was ruler of the city from 450 BC until the Roman conquest, making the town its principal oppidum. The city became an important centre of trading for metal and terracotta. With the conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, Metz came under Roman rule and was integrated into the Roman Empire.
The capital of the kingdom of Austrasia
From the time of King Sigibert I, Metz was frequently the residence of the Merovingian kings of Kingdom of Austrasia. When the Carolingians acceded to the Frankish throne, the town retained their goodwill as it had long been a base of their family and their primal ancestors; Saint Arnuff and Chlodulf had been bishops of Metz. The Emperor Charlemagne considered making Metz his imperial capital, but eventually chose Aachen. His sons, King Louis the Pious and Bishop Drogo of Metz, were buried in...
The capital of the kingdom of Lotharingia
Subsequent to the Treaty of Verdun in 843, Metz became the capital of the Kingdom of Lotharingia ruled by Emperor Lothair I. After the death of his son, King Lothair II, Lotharingia and its capital was disputed between the kingdoms of East Francia and West Francia. In 869, Charles the Bald was crowned king of Lotharingiain Metz. In 910, Metz became part of East Francia and subsequently of the Holy Roman Empire, granting semi-independent status. In 959, Metz was the capital of Upper Lortharing...
In 1189, Metz rose to the status of Free Imperial City, which sharply limited the influence of the bishops on the city. While the bishops left the city for Vic-sur-Seille, the burgesses organized to establish a republic.
In 1552, King Henry II of France and members of the Schmalkaldic League signed the Treaty of Chambord and Metz passed de facto into the hands of the Kings of France. The population of the city peacefully accepted the conditions of the treaty. Emperor Charles V, during the Italian War of 1551–1559, made an attempt to regain overlordship of Metz by f...
The Franco-Prussian War
During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, Metz was the headquarters of the army under the command of General Bazaine. After the battles of Colombey, Mars-la-Tour, and Gravelotte, Bazaine retreated into the defenses of Metz and surrendered after several months of siege. The first airmail carrier was launched during the siege of the city by Doctor Julien-François Jeannel with the help of some officers of the Imperial Guard near the present-day France's square. French officer Louis Rossel, wh...
A German garrison town
Under the Treaty of Frankfurt of 1871, Metz was annexed into the newly created German Empire, being part of the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine administered directly by the imperial government from Berlin. The German-annexed bulk of the former Département Moselle and the two arrondissements of the former Département Meurthe also seized to Germany were merged into the German Département de la Lorrainewith Metz as its capital. The departmental parliament (Bezirkstag von Lothringen/Conseil...
Following the armistice with Germany ending the First World War, the French army entered Metz in November 1918 and Philippe Pétain received his marshal's baton from French President Raymond Poincaré and Prime Minister Georges Clémenceau on the Esplanade garden. The city returned to France under the Treaty of Versaillesin 1919.
However, after the Battle of France in 1940 during the Second World War, the city was annexed once more by the German Third Reich into a Reichsgau named Westmark. As a symbol of the German annexation, Chancellor Adolf Hitler celebrated Christmas 1940 at the former bergamt of the Imperial District of Metz, but local people largely rejected the Germa...
During the 1950s, Metz was chosen to be the capital of the newly created Lorraine region. With the creation of the European Communities and the latter European Union and under the leadership of Robert Schuman, Metz became a central place of the Greater Region and the SaarLorLux Euroregion. In 1979, the city was home to the Metz Congress, the sevent...
P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht, ed. (1913). "Metz". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
Metz ou Métis [1] (em latim: Mettis; em francês: Metz; pronúncia em francês: (escutar? · info)) é uma cidade do nordeste da França, capital da região de Grande Leste e do departamento de Moselle. Ela está localizada na confluência dos rios Mosela e Seille.
Metz is a city in France, the prefecture of the Lorraine region and the Moselle department. History. There was once a city in Roman times, called Divodurum. It was the capital of a Celtic tribe called Mediomatrici. They were called the "Mettis" for short, which is where the name "Metz" comes from.
Após a morte de Clóvis em 511, Metz tornou-se a capital do reino de Austrásia. Até ao fim do século VIII, os donos do trono de Austrásia eram os Merovíngios. O Museu Cour d’Or tem o nome do seu palácio. Na Dinastia carolíngia, Metz tornou-se um centro eclesiástico e era o bispo que exercia o poder espiritual e temporal até ao ...
