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Château et fortifications

Hombourg-Haut, Moselle, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Château et fortifications : classement par journal officiel du 16 février 1930
Protection dates
1930/02/16 : classé MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
13e siècle
Later work
16e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Hombourg-Haut
Département
Moselle
Region
Grand Est
Country
France
Coordinates
49.12714, 6.78146
Mérimée reference
PA00106788

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1632 map "Lorraine vers Septentrion." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Vestiges du château médiéval construit aux alentours de 1240-1245 par l'évêque de Metz, Jacques de Lorraine. Propriété des évêques de Metz jusqu'en 1572, il est vendu au duc de Lorraine en 1581 et a été agrandi à la fin du XVIe siècle et au début du XVIIe siècle. Ruiné par la guerre de Trente Ans puis au début du XVIIIe siècle, il a été presque entièrement détruit vers 1735. Il en subsiste quelques vestiges : pans de murs derrière le cimetière de la collégiale, bastion rue Sainte-Catherine.

English translation

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Remains of the medieval castle constructed around 1240-1245 by the bishop of Metz, Jacques de Lorraine. Property of the bishops of Metz until 1572, it is sold to the duke of Lorraine in 1581 and was enlarged in the late 16th century and early 17th century. Ruined by the Thirty Years' War then in the early 18th century, it was almost entirely destroyed around 1735. A few remains subsist: sections of walls behind the cemetery of the collegiate church, bastion on rue Sainte-Catherine.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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