Kœnigsmacker Explained

Kœnigsmacker
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason de la ville de Koenigsmacker (Moselle).svg
Arrondissement:Thionville
Canton:Metzervisse
Insee:57370
Postal Code:57970
Mayor:Pierre Zenner[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Arc mosellan
Coordinates:49.3939°N 6.2775°W
Elevation M:150
Elevation Min M:148
Elevation Max M:306
Area Km2:18.4

Kœnigsmacker (in French pronounced as /kœniksmakəʁ/; Lorraine Franconian: Maacher/Kinneksmaacher;) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Kœnigsmacker was the birthplace of Father Jean-Vincent Scheil (1858–1940), a French Dominican scholar and Assyriologist, who was one of the discoverers of the Code of Hammurabi in Persia. The area was the scene of fighting during World War II when the U.S. 90th Infantry Division assaulted the nearby Fort de Koenigsmacker, one of the German Moselstellung fortresses.

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  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.