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  5. 57950 Montigny-lès-Metz

  6. Château de la Horgne

Château de la Horgne en Moselle

Moselle

Château de la Horgne

    17 Rue des Huguenots
    57950 Montigny-lès-Metz
Photo de Château de la Horgne
Crédit photo : Aimelaime - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1400
1500
1600
…
1900
2000
1444
Fire by the Lords of Metz
septembre 1552
Conflict between Claude de Gournay and the Duke of Guise
novembre 1552
Stay of Charles Quint
années 1960
Abandonment from agriculture
3 novembre 2020
Registration for historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

In total, the preserved remains of the château de la Horgne, as well as the soil corresponding to the right-of-way of the former fortified farm, located at Blory Road, on Parcel No. 337 in the cadastre section 43, in accordance with the plan annexed to the decree: inscription by order of 3 November 2020

Key figures

Claude de Gournay - Resistant Lord Refusal to leave the Horgne in 1552.
Duc de Guise - Sponsor of looting Ordonna attacked Claude de Gournay.
Charles Quint - Emperor in the countryside Stayed in the tower during the seat.
Françoise (née vers 1510) - Resident widow Lives at the Horgne after his widowhood.

Origin and history

The Château de la Horgne, located in Montigny-lès-Metz (Moselle), is a former castle farm whose name Horgne means barn in Latin. This monument was a possession of Saint-Clément Abbey in Metz, and its history is marked by regional conflicts. In 1444 the lords of Metz set fire to the site to prevent the scavengers from taking it. In the 16th century, it became a strategic issue: in 1552, Claude de Gournay, refusing to leave the place on the order of the Duke of Guise, saw his home looted by the Duke's soldiers.

During the siege of Metz by Charles Quint in November 1552, the latter, suffering from gout, stayed in the tower of La Horgne. The castle was later transformed into an agricultural estate before being abandoned in the 1960s. Recent archaeological excavations, carried out on 5 hectares by the Preventive Archaeology Service of the Eurométropole of Metz, revealed vestiges dated from the end of the 15th century, including a washhouse, a pond, military structures (tents, forge), as well as everyday objects and equine remains.

The remains still visible, as well as the soil of the former fortified farm, were listed as historical monuments on 3 November 2020. Today in ruins, the site bears witness to its agricultural and military past, while providing an overview of the daily life and conflicts that marked the Lorrain region in the 15th and 16th centuries.

External links

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