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Salines and Chemical Plant Buildings à Dieuze en Moselle

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine industriel
Saline

Salines and Chemical Plant Buildings

    Rue Raymond-Berr
    57260 Dieuze
Property of the municipality; private property
Crédit photo : Titulaire inconnu - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
XVIe siècle
Strengthening the compound
1765
Expansion of the enclosure
milieu du XVIIIe siècle - premier quart du XIXe siècle
Construction of old parts
31 octobre 1997
First entry MH
4 octobre 2012
Second entry MH
23 octobre 2013
MH classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Former saline, including ditches and soils, but excluding the visible parts of parcels 27/6, 117/6 and 119/6 (cad. 9 10, placed La Saline, 27/6, 54, 55/6, 57/6, 58/6, 73/6, 102/6, 106/6, 111/6, 113/6, 115, 116, 117/6, 119/6, 122/6, 124/6, 125/6, 126/6, 127/6, 129/6, 132/6, 133/6, 134/6, placedit Rue Raymond-Berr): inscription by order of 31 October 1997 - The building says of the laboratory administration; the building says training; the water tower (cad. 9 155): registration by order of 4 October 2012 - All the buildings, ditches and floors of the following parcels on which they are located, rue Raymond-Berr: the management building and the doorman's house (Box 9 55); the portal (box 9 58); the barracks (Box 9 73); the Issuance Building (Box 9 126); salt well (cad. 9,134): classification by order of 23 October 2013

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Origin and history

The saline de Dieuze is an industrial building located in the commune of Dieuze, Moselle (Great East). It developed around a salt well of medieval origin, surrounded by a fortified enclosure strengthened in the 16th century and expanded after 1765. This site, which functioned as a small autonomous city, included operating buildings, a barracks, a chapel, a common oven and a press. The oldest parts date from the middle of the 18th century and the first quarter of the 19th century, while other elements were added until the first half of the 20th century.

A number of historical monuments have been protected: a first inscription in 1997 for the old saline (grounds and floors, excluding certain plots), a second in 2012 for specific buildings (administration-laboratory, training, water castle), and a ranking in 2013 for key elements such as the salt well, the barracks, the gate and the Issuance building. These measures aim to preserve an emblematic industrial heritage linked to salt exploitation and chemical production.

Saline illustrates the evolution of industrial techniques and social organization around salinary activities. In modern times, Dieuze was a strategic centre for salt extraction, an essential resource for food conservation and emerging chemical industries. The fortified enclosure also reflects the economic importance and protection stakes of this site, integrated into a wider network of Lorrain saline.

Today, the site combines communal and private property. Although its access to the public is not clearly stated in the sources, its conservation bears witness to a major industrial heritage for the Greater East region, linked to centuries of mining and technological transformation.

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