Sarraltroff | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Sarraltroff 57.svg |
Arrondissement: | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins |
Canton: | Sarrebourg |
Insee: | 57629 |
Postal Code: | 57400 |
Mayor: | Francis Mathis[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud |
Coordinates: | 48.7747°N 7.0636°W |
Elevation M: | 260 |
Elevation Min M: | 235 |
Elevation Max M: | 326 |
Area Km2: | 11.97 |
Sarraltroff (pronounced as /fr/;) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Sarraltroff is located near the border with the Bas-Rhin department.
The territory of the municipality borders on those of 6 municipalities : Gœrlingen, Hilbesheim, Sarrebourg, Dolving, Oberstinzel et Hellering-lès-Fénétrange.
At the time of the Duchy of Lorraine, the village was part of the seigneury of Sarreck. It belonged to a large, forgotten area named Westrich, which Albert Eiselé called "ghost country" because its name has been forgotten.[2]
In 1225 Gertrude de Dabo died without an heir. The bishoprics of Metz and Strasbourg took back their fief and Sarreck then became the property of La Petite-Pierre and then the Lutzelbourgs.[3]
The Thirty Years War did not spare Sarraltroff. It is probably the troops of Bernard of Saxe-Weimar who destroyed the village after the siege of Sarrebourg.[4]