| Réchicourt-le-Château | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Réchicourt-le-Château 57.svg |
| Arrondissement: | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins |
| Canton: | Sarrebourg |
| Insee: | 57564 |
| Postal Code: | 57810 |
| Mayor: | Stéphane Ermann[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Sarrebourg - Moselle Sud |
| Coordinates: | 48.6656°N 6.8411°W |
| Elevation Min M: | 242 |
| Elevation Max M: | 333 |
| Area Km2: | 24.14 |
Réchicourt-le-Château (pronounced as /fr/; de|Rixingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is part of the arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins.[2]
Until French Revolution, it was an Imperial County, which was ruled by the Counts of Ahlefeldt (1669-1751), and later by the Dukes of Richelieu.
Only after 1789 it became part of (then) Kingdom of France.
A narrow stretch of the Canal de la Marne au Rhin from locks 6 to 1 on the western side of the summit pound which caused delays to barge traffic led to the decision to build a new lock to replace them. The lock, built alongside lock 2 and taking its number, has a rise/drop of around 15 metres and is the deepest lock on the Freycinet network. It was opened in 1965. Locks 3 to 6 are totally abandoned but lock 1 is still traversed, minus the gates. Because of this, boats heading eastwards pass from lock 7 to lock 2 and then onto the summit pound.