Château De Montmort
The Château de Montmort is a stately home built on the site of a Middle Ages, medieval castle in the ''Communes of France, commune'' of Montmort-Lucy in the Marne (department), Marne ''Departments of France, département'' of France. Describing the ''château'', Victor Hugo wrote of a "delightful hustle and bustle of turrets of weather vanes, gables, skylights and fireplaces" (''ravissant tohu-bohu de tourelles de girouettes, de pignons, de lucarnes et de cheminées''). History A castle existed as early as the 11th century and there is still evidence of its existence in the ramparts and ditches. The present buildings seem to date from the 16th century, the time of their reconstruction. The castle was the headquarters for Karl von Bülow's 2nd Army (German Empire), German Second Army during the First Battle of the Marne. During the battle, Bülow and Oberste Heeresleitung, OHL Commander Helmuth von Moltke the Younger's representative. Richard Hentsch. held a crucial meeting at ...
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