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Châtel-sur-Moselle
Châtel-sur-Moselle (, literally ''Châtel on Moselle'') is a commune in the Vosges department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... in Grand Est in northeastern France.
History
With its commanding position alongside the River Moselle, located at the junction of the three main Roman roads and at the end of the Trans-Burgundy highway, Châtel played a strategic role throughout its long history up to 1940-44 during World War II.
From the year 1072 until 1373, it belonged to the Earls of Vaudémont, related to the House of Lorraine. It then became the property of a most prominent Burgundian family, the Lords of Neufchâtel, after the wedding of daughter Alix de Vaudémont with Thiebaut VII of Neufchâtel-Burgundy.
It became the centre of a wide territory which suppo ...
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