Brouderdorff Explained

Brouderdorff
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason de la ville de Brouderdorff (Moselle).svg
Arrondissement:	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton:	Phalsbourg
Insee:	57113
Postal Code:	57565
Mayor:	François Klock^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Coordinates:	48.6994°N 7.1019°W
Elevation M:	300
Elevation Min M:	266
Elevation Max M:	355
Area Km2:	4.78

Brouderdorff (in French pronounced as /bʁudɛʁdɔʁf/; German: Bruderdorf) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Toponymy

Brouderdorff means "the village of the brothers", because it was built by four brothers.^[2]

History

The village of Brouderdorff was created in 1616 by the Counts of Lutzelbourg.^[3]

Between 1871 and 1918 Brouderdorff was annexed by the German Empire within the Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen. The village suffered war damage between 1914 and 1918.

Brouderdorff was again annexed by Germany between 1940 and 1944.

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

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. Mémoires de la Société d'archéologie lorraine, Page 307, (1868)
3. Henri Lepage, Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Meurthe, 1862.