Country France Department Moselle Population (2006) 1,996 Local time Monday 1:10 AM | Region Grand Est Canton Metzervisse Area 18.4 km² Arrondissement Thionville | |
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Intercommunality Communauté de communes de l'Arc mosellan Weather 10°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 83% Humidity | ||
Kœnigsmacker (Lorraine Franconian: Maacher/Kinneksmaacher; German: Königsmachern) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Map of 57970 K%C5%93nigsmacker, 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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