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	'''Metz''' is an ancient German city in '''[[Lotharingia]]''' ('''Lothringen''') or '''[[Lorraine]]'''. It is currently in France.		'''Metz''' is an ancient [[German]] city in '''[[Lotharingia]]''' ('''Lothringen''') or '''[[Lorraine]]'''. It is currently in [[France]].

	Metz has a recorded history dating back over 2,000 years. Before the [[Gallic Wars\|conquest of Gaul]] by [[Julius Caesar]] in 52 BC, it was the ''oppidum'' of the [[Celt]]ic Mediomatrici tribe. Integrated into the [[Roman Empire]], Metz became quickly one of the principal towns of [[Gaul]] with a population of 40,000, until the migration period depredations and its transfer to the [[Franks]] about the end of the 5th century.<ref>Di Rocco A. (2009) Année 451 : ''la bataille qui sauva l'Occident''. Eds. Thélès. ISBN\|978-2-303-00228-8 pp. 156–158</ref><ref>Gibbon E (1788) ''History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire''. 4:35</ref> Between the 6th and 8th centuries, the city was the residence of the [[Merovingian]] kings of [[Austrasia]]. After the [[Treaty of Verdun]] in 843, Metz became the capital of the [[Kingdom of Lotharingia]] and was ultimately integrated into the [[Holy Roman Empire]], being granted semi-independent status. During the 12th century, Metz became the [[Republic of Metz]] until the 15th century.		Metz has a recorded [[history]] dating back over 2,000 years. Before the [[Gallic Wars\|conquest of Gaul]] by [[Julius Caesar]] in 52 BC, it was the ''oppidum'' of the [[Celt]]ic Mediomatrici tribe. Integrated into the [[Roman Empire]], Metz became quickly one of the principal towns of [[Gaul]] with a population of 40,000, until the migration period depredations and its transfer to the [[Franks]] about the end of the 5th century.<ref>Di Rocco A. (2009) Année 451 : ''la bataille qui sauva l'Occident''. Eds. Thélès. ISBN\|978-2-303-00228-8 pp. 156–158</ref><ref>Gibbon E (1788) ''History of the Decline and Fall of the [[Roman]] [[Empire]]''. 4:35</ref> Between the 6th and 8th centuries, the city was the residence of the [[Merovingian]] kings of [[Austrasia]]. After the [[Treaty of Verdun]] in 843, Metz became the capital of the [[Kingdom of Lotharingia]] and was ultimately integrated into the [[Holy Roman Empire]], being granted semi-independent status. During the 12th century, Metz became the [[Republic of Metz]] until the 15th century.

	With the signature of the Treaty of Chambord in 1552, Metz passed to France.<ref>Brasme P. (2011) ''Quand Metz reçoit la France''. Eds. des Paraiges. ISBN\|979-10-90185-03-6 pp. 17–34</ref> As the German [[Protestant]] Princes who traded Metz (with Toul and [[Verdun]]) for the promise of French military assistance had no authority to cede territory of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the change of jurisdiction was not recognised by that Empire until the [[Treaty of Westphalia]] in 1648. Under French rule, Metz was selected as capital of the Three Bishoprics and became a strategic fortified town.<ref name="republic2">Vigneron B. (2010) ''Le dernier siècle de la république de Metz''. Eds. du Panthéon. ISBN\|978-2-7547-0356-7</ref> With the creation of the Departments of France by the revolutionary [[Estates-General]] of 1789, Metz was chosen as capital of the Moselle département.		With the signature of the Treaty of Chambord in 1552, Metz passed to France.<ref>Brasme P. (2011) ''Quand Metz reçoit la France''. Eds. des Paraiges. ISBN\|979-10-90185-03-6 pp. 17–34</ref> As the German [[Protestant]] Princes who traded Metz (with Toul and [[Verdun]]) for the promise of [[French]] military assistance had no authority to cede territory of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the change of jurisdiction was not recognised by that Empire until the [[Treaty of Westphalia]] in 1648. Under French rule, Metz was selected as capital of the Three Bishoprics and became a strategic fortified town.<ref [[name]]="republic2">Vigneron B. (2010) ''Le dernier siècle de la république de Metz''. Eds. du Panthéon. ISBN\|978-2-7547-0356-7</ref> With the creation of the Departments of France by the revolutionary [[Estates-General]] of 1789, Metz was chosen as capital of the Moselle département.

	After the [[Franco-Prussian War]] and under the Treaty of Frankfurt of 1871 the city reverted to the [[German Empire]], becoming part of the Imperial Territory of [[Alsace-Lorraine]] and serving as capital of the Bezirk Lothringen.<ref>Roth F. (2011) ''La Lorraine Annexée'' – version 2011, nouvelle édition. Eds. Serpenoise. ISBN\|978-2-87692-866-4</ref>		After the [[Franco-Prussian War]] and under the Treaty of Frankfurt of 1871 the city reverted to the [[German Empire]], becoming part of the Imperial Territory of [[Alsace-Lorraine]] and serving as capital of the Bezirk Lothringen.<ref>Roth F. (2011) ''La Lorraine Annexée'' – version 2011, nouvelle édition. Eds. Serpenoise. ISBN\|978-2-87692-866-4</ref>
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'''Metz''' is an ancient German city in '''[[Lotharingia]]''' ('''Lothringen''') or '''[[Lorraine]]'''. It is currently in France.

Metz has a recorded history dating back over 2,000 years. Before the [[Gallic Wars|conquest of Gaul]] by [[Julius Caesar]] in 52 BC, it was the ''oppidum'' of the [[Celt]]ic Mediomatrici tribe. Integrated into the [[Roman Empire]], Metz became quickly one of the principal towns of [[Gaul]] with a population of 40,000, until the migration period depredations and its transfer to the [[Franks]] about the end of the 5th century.<ref>Di Rocco A. (2009) Année 451 : ''la bataille qui sauva l'Occident''. Eds. Thélès. ISBN|978-2-303-00228-8 pp. 156–158</ref><ref>Gibbon E (1788) ''History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire''. 4:35</ref> Between the 6th and 8th centuries, the city was the residence of the [[Merovingian]] kings of [[Austrasia]]. After the [[Treaty of Verdun]] in 843, Metz became the capital of the [[Kingdom of Lotharingia]] and was ultimately integrated into the [[Holy Roman Empire]], being granted semi-independent status. During the 12th century, Metz became the [[Republic of Metz]] until the 15th century.

With the signature of the Treaty of Chambord in 1552, Metz passed to France.<ref>Brasme P. (2011) ''Quand Metz reçoit la France''. Eds. des Paraiges. ISBN|979-10-90185-03-6 pp. 17–34</ref> As the German [[Protestant]] Princes who traded Metz (with Toul and [[Verdun]]) for the promise of French military assistance had no authority to cede territory of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the change of jurisdiction was not recognised by that Empire until the [[Treaty of Westphalia]] in 1648. Under French rule, Metz was selected as capital of the Three Bishoprics and became a strategic fortified town.<ref name="republic2">Vigneron B. (2010) ''Le dernier siècle de la république de Metz''. Eds. du Panthéon. ISBN|978-2-7547-0356-7</ref> With the creation of the Departments of France by the revolutionary [[Estates-General]] of 1789, Metz was chosen as capital of the Moselle département.

After the [[Franco-Prussian War]] and under the Treaty of Frankfurt of 1871 the city reverted to the [[German Empire]], becoming part of the Imperial Territory of [[Alsace-Lorraine]] and serving as capital of the Bezirk Lothringen.<ref>Roth F. (2011) ''La Lorraine Annexée'' – version 2011, nouvelle édition. Eds. Serpenoise. ISBN|978-2-87692-866-4</ref>

Metz remained German until the end of the [[First World War]], when the [[Treaty of Versailles]] Allies awarded Lothringen (Lorraine) to France.

==Sources==
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[[Category:France]]
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[[Category:Franks]]
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