Beuveille Explained

Beuveille
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Beuveille 54.svg
Arrondissement:Briey
Canton:Mont-Saint-Martin
Insee:54067
Postal Code:54620
Mayor:Jean-François Azzara[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:49.4325°N 5.6911°W
Elevation M:234
Elevation Min M:217
Elevation Max M:333
Area Km2:11.9

Beuveille (in French pronounced as /bøvɛj/) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

History

In the First World War during the Battle of Longwy (1914) Beuveille has been combat-standing of the German Crown Prince.

From 1915 to 1918 Beuveille became the headquarter of the Sturm-Bataillon Nr. 5 (Rohr).

Its artillery took place in Ugny, its hospital and the cemetery which includes their Monument in Pierrepont and the training ground and in the forest of Doncourt.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. Eberhard Graf von Schwerin: Königlich preußisches Sturm-Bataillon Nr . 5 (Rohr) (Aus Deutschlands großer Zeit; Band 116) nach der Erinnerung aufgezeichnet unter Zuhilfenahme des Tagebuches von Oberstleutnant a. D. Willi Rohr / Graf v. Schwerin; Verlag Bernhard Sporn, Zeulenroda 1939