Dochamps ( wa, Dôtchamp) is a village of

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

and a district of the municipality of

Manhay Manhay (; wa, Manhé) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 119.81 km², had 3,185 inhabitants, giving a population density of 26.6 inhabitants per km ...

, located in the

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. The earliest mention of the village is from 1011, but there appears to have been an earlier

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settlement here for some time. Its remains were destroyed in the 1612 by

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. In 1642 the village was pillaged and destroyed by Dutch

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troops. Several of the villagers were burnt to death inside the church tower, while others escaped to a nearby forest and later rebuilt the village. In 1944, during the

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, the village was again damaged by war. The church of the village has foundations from the 12th century but largely dates from the 17th century when it was rebuilt after the sack of the village. It was restored again after

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* {{LuxembourgBE-geo-stub Former municipalities of Luxembourg (Belgium)