Nennig is a village in the
Saarland,
Germany, part of the municipality of
Perl. It is situated on the river
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
, opposite
Remich,
Luxembourg.
Overview
Nennig is known for a
Roman villa containing well-preserved
mosaics
A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly pop ...
that were excavated in the 19th century. The village was a
condominium
A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership structure whereby a building is divided into several units that are each separately owned, surrounded by common areas that are jointly owned. The term can be applied to the building or complex ...
of the
Trier bishopric,
Lorraine (the
Kingdom of France from 1766) and
Luxembourg until its annexation by
Revolutionary France in 1794. During the
Second World War Nennig was almost completely destroyed as the village changed hands several times in late-1944 and early-1945.
Photogallery
Image:Schloss berg nennig nord.jpg, Schloss Berg
Image:Roemische villa nennig.jpg, Roman villa
File:Paegniarii gladiators (from Nennig mosaic).jpg, Mosaic in Roman villa
Image:Retiarius stabs secutor (color).jpg, A ''retiarius'' gladiator stabs his ''secutor'' opponent (Mosaic of Nennig)
See also
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Borg, Saarland
Borg is a German village in the municipality of Perl, Saarland. It is located 5 km north east of Perl and 11 km south west of Nennig on the River Mosel. It lies at a height of 355 m and has a population of 370. The nearby Roman Villa Bor ...
External links
Nennig official website
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Villages in Saarland
Former municipalities in Saarland