Réding (; ) is a commune in the

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; ; ) 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 joins at Koblenz. A sm ...

department in

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in north-eastern France.

Geography

Réding is located in the south of the Moselle department, near

Sarrebourg Sarrebourg (; also , ; Lorraine Franconian: ; older ) is a commune of northeastern France. In 1895 a Mithraeum was discovered at Sarrebourg at the mouth of the pass leading from the Vosges Mountains. Geography Sarrebourg is located in the ...

. The commune is crossed by the RN4 and close to the A4 highway. The Réding station is an important junction station. Located on the line from Paris to

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, it is the starting point of the line from Réding to Metz-Ville and the line from Réding to Diemeringen which connects the

LGV Est The Ligne à Grande Vitesse Est européenne (East European High Speed Line), typically shortened to LGV Est, is a French high-speed rail line that connects Vaires-sur-Marne (near Paris) and Vendenheim (near Strasbourg). The line halved the tra ...

to the classic train lines. Réding is served by the bus line n° 1 of the iSibus network.

Hydrography

The municipality is located in the

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watershed within the Rhine-

Meuse The Meuse or Maas is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a total length of . History From 1301, the upper ...

basin. It is drained by the Bièvre, the Eichmatte stream, the Otterbach stream, the Bubenbach stream and the Steiglenbach. The quality of the water of the commune river system, in particular the Bievre, can be consulted on a dedicated site managed by the ''agences de l'eau'' and the ''Office Français de la Biodiversité''.

History

The first appearance of the name Réding (Rodinga) dates from 789, in the description of the Wissembourg abbey. On 16 June 1035 the chapel of Grand Eich was consecrated to St. Ulrich. In 1361, there is mention in the archpriesthood of Sarrebourg of a main town called Réding and an annex called Eich. Réding suffered the full force of the

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. In 1631, of the 76 families existing at that time, there will remain only 15 inhabitants. In 1661, with the treaty of Vincennes between the

duke of Lorraine The kings and dukes of Lorraine have held different posts under different governments over different regions, since its creation as the kingdom of Lotharingia by the Treaty of Prüm, in 855. The first rulers of the newly established region were ...

and

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, Sarrebourg and Phalsbourg (with Réding) are taken away from

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to be attached to the Three Bishoprics (Metz,

Toul Toul () is a Communes of France, commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France, department in north-eastern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Toul is between Commercy and Nancy, Fra ...

and

Verdun Verdun ( , ; ; ; official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city in the Meuse (department), Meuse departments of France, department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department. In 843, the Treaty of V ...

). It is then at this time that the commune became French. Between 1795 and 1800, Réding absorbed the communes of Eich and Petit Eich. In accordance with the Treaty of Frankfurt of 1871, Réding was annexed to the

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like Alsace-Lorraine as a whole. The town became French again, after the end of the

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Population

Sport

Réding has several sport clubs. The town's football club is the A.S. Réding. It was founded in 1936. It has several teams of different levels, including the fanion team which plays at the Régional 3 level. The tennis club of Réding, which was founded in 1977, was created by Jean Bourst. The petanque club of the town was founded in 2002, on the initiative of Guy Pronnier. It is currently chaired by Jean-Paul Frank. From time to time, the association organises competitions and sporting events. Réding also has a remote-controlled buggy club. It was founded by Jean-Marie Deschaseaux. The Auto Buggy Club de Réding hosts a number of competitions, even some international ones, such as the world remote-controlled motorbike championship in 2024.

Cultural events and festivities

The traditional kirb festival has been celebrated in the municipality in October for many decades. In 2016, this celebration was expanded with the addition of the "''Reding en fête''" event. Events of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month are sometimes associated with it.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reding Communes of Moselle (department)