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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
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| Residents | 15.351 (2018) | |
| height | 63 m | |
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Château-Thierry is a city in French Department Aisne in the region Hauts-de-France (historical region: Picardy). The city is the seat of a sub-prefecture for the area called Omois, which has now become the wine-growing region of the Champagne(Champagne viticole délimitée) belongs.
background
Those in the area of the Marne battles of the First World War on the River Marne halfway between Paris and Reims located small town takes its name in the local tradition on the Merovingian Frankish king w: Theuderich IV. (Thierry IV.) Back. The poet Jean de La Fontaine was born here in 1621. Until the French Revolution, the city belonged to the Champagne region. South of Château-Thierry, during the First World War, the German front came to a standstill in September 1914 (“Wunder an der Marne”). The area was also a theater of war in the spring of 1940.
getting there
By plane
Château-Thierry has a small airfield. The is conveniently located Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport
(IATA: CDG).
By train
The city is the terminus of the Transilien from Paris-Est and the stop of the TER Vallée de la Marne.
By bus
In the street
Château-Thierry is touched to the north by the Autoroute A4 motorway that leads from Paris (85 km away) to Strasbourg and accessed via exit 20. The motorway connections in France are toll roads. Access to the A4 from Germany is best via Saarbrücken. The former Route nationale 3 (today Départementsstraße D 1003), which has lost its importance for long-distance traffic due to the A4, also runs through the city; it is crossed by the Départementsstraße D 1, which is to the north after Soissons leads and to the south the connection to Troyes conveyed.
By boat
The city can be reached by ship via the canalized Marne, which flows into the Seine at Charenton-le-Pont. There is a connection to the Rhine via the Marne Lateral Canal (Canal latéral à la Marne) and the Rhine-Marne Canal I (Canal de la Marne au Rhin).
By bicycle
mobility
The city center is easy to navigate on foot. Parking in the center: Place de l'Hôtel de Ville; Place Jean-Macé; Place des États-Unis.
Tourist Attractions
- Chateau. The castle complex (today a green area) is entered via the Porte Saint-Jean from the 14th century. The complex offers good views of the city and the Marne valley. The earlier system is represented by a plan on the Tour de Bouillon tower.
- Porte Saint-Pierre. City gate.
- Musée du Trésor de l’hôtel-Dieu, Rue du Château 11. Tel.: 33 323 843286. Museum.Price: Entry 2017: 8 EUR.
- 1 Jean-de-La-Fontaine Museum, Rue Jean-de-la-Fontaine 12. Tel.: 33 323 690560. Museum.Price: Entry 2017: EUR 3.75.
- Hotel de Ville (The town hall from the 19th century)
- Église Saint-Crépin. Church from the 15th to 19th centuries.
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
- Île-de-France, Rue Léon Lhermite 60. Tel.: 33 323691012. 37 rooms, with restaurant and panoramic terrace.Price: 89-150 EUR, breakfast 13 EUR.
health
Practical advice
trips
- The American monument at the height of the Cote 204, one of the battlefields in June 1918.
- Several War cemeteries and World War I monuments in the vicinity, especially the large complex in Belleau.
- The 16 km to the east Condé-en-Brie with his lock.
- The 3 km southwest Abbey of Essômes-sur-Marne, Founded in 1090 for Augustinian Canons by Hugues de Pierrefonds, Bishop of Soissons. The Gothic church has renaissance choir stalls.
- The parishes in the Marne valley also have some interesting Romanesque churches.
- In Dravegny in the northeast is a medieval one Grangie of the Cistercian Order.
- Western at Montigny-l’Allier is a medieval commandery of the Knights Templar, Moisy-le-Temple.
