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| Lorraine region | |||
| Capital | Metz | ||
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| Residents | 2.345.197 (2013) | ||
| surface | 23,547 km² | ||
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Lorraine (French Lorraine) is a historical and cultural region in the northeast Of France on the border to Belgium (Wallonia), Luxembourg and Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland). Lothrigen has been administrative since 2016 together with the previous regions Alsace (Alsace) and Champagne-Ardenne Part of the region Grand Est (German: Great East). Lorraine is part of the European Greater RegionLuxembourg, Lorraine, Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate and Wallonia (Sar-Lor-Lux).
Regions
Departments
places
- Amneville
- Bar-le-Duc
- Bitche (Bitsch)
- Commercy
- Epinal
- Forbach
- Gerardmer (Gerdsee)
- Luneville
- Metz
- Nancy
- Pont-à-Mousson
- Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
- Sarrebourg
- Thionville
- Toul
- Verdun
Other goals
- Vosges
- Moselle valley
- Thermal baths on the edge of the Vosges: Bains-les-Bains, Plombières-les-Bains (28 thermal springs), Vittel (cold mineral springs) and Contrexéville
- Bliesbruck(Bliesbrücken) − excavation a Gallo-Roman town (vicus)
background
After the death of Charlemagne, his empire was divided into three parts among his sons. His grandson Lothar II, Son of Lothar I, received the "Lotharingien" named after him after 2 divisions of the estate. Its inhabitants are called Lorraine, French les Lorrains. Between 1871 and 1918 parts of eastern Lorraine belonged to the German Empire. The German region was slightly smaller than the French.
language
The French language is the colloquial language in all of Lorraine.
The southern, central and western parts of Lorraine have been part of the French region since ancient times, while the north-eastern parts of Lorraine are in the east of the department Moselle belonged to the German-speaking area for a long time. In the meantime, the German language, or the Middle Franconian languages Lorraine, Rhine and / or Moselle Franconian, is mainly spoken by the older generation in some rural areas, so it is worthwhile to address them in these languages. The address in Standard German can be unsuccessful, as the person (s) you are speaking to are not confident in Standard German and shy away from answering in Lorraine or Rhine and / or Moselle Franconian. The residents of the immediate border area usually also speak German.
getting there
The regional Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport
(IATA: ETZ) is about 40 km north of Nancy and 20 km south of Metz. The small airport has only a few connections within France and charter flights to hot water destinations. If you really want to fly, the nearest international airports are the Luxembourg Airport(IATA: LUX) and Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport(IATA: CDG).
The train stations in Metz and Nancy are connected to the French and European long-distance network. The TGV high-speed line also crosses it Est européenne Lorraine and has a stop “Gare de Lorraine TGV” on the green meadow, which can only be reached by road on the land side.
Lorraine is via the highways 
(Paris - Strasbourg) and 
(Luxembourg - Dijon).
mobility
The road network is dense and well developed.
Cycle paths are rarely marked, but the departmental roads (marked with a D and a number) are particularly suitable for cyclists because of the relatively low volume of traffic.
Bus stops can also be found in small towns, but the frequency of the bus routes is questionable.
Tourist Attractions
Lorraine is an agricultural country with many small villages, often with less than 200 inhabitants. The landscape is very green, mixed with many small lakes and forests. Wine is grown locally. The former steelworks on the Moselle north of Metz and along the Belgian border have disappeared, so that the environmental pollution is now also low in these areas.
The country is ideal for strolling by car or bicycle, whereby a careful look for the many gems on the right and left of the path makes the beauty of the region accessible. Typical of Lorraine are the countless well-preserved Wayside crossesthat are always worth a short stop.
The big cities Nancy and Metz are each worth their own trip, see there.
Lorraine has some worth seeing Gothic churchesso
- the cathedral of Metz,
- the cathedral of Toul,
- Saint-Sebastien in Bar-le-Duc,
- the basilica of Avioth on the Belgian border.
- the basilica of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port.
activities
Cycling
Lorraine offers a number of cycling routes to discover.
- Moselle cycle path
- Saar cycle path
- Maas cycle route
- Cross-border Pirmasens-Bitsch cycle path. Detailed information in PDF format from the websites www.radwanderland.de of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Les Boucles de la Moselle - approx. 90 km around Nancy
- Orne cycle path - approx. 40 km river cycle path along the Orne
Culinary specialties
The Quiche Lorraine or Lothringer Specktorte may be the first dish that you associate with the Lorraine cuisine. Your shortcrust pastry base is topped with smoked bacon and poured over with whisked eggs, milk and cream, baked in the oven and served warm. Among the warm starters is what we know as the queen pie Bouchée à la Reine to name whose recipe and name are due to Stanislaus Leszczyńskis daughter Marie, who through her marriage to Louis XV Became queen of France. It consists of a pot-shaped shortcrust pastry that is filled with a ragout of fine chicken, mushrooms, sweetbreads and veal dumplings in bechamel sauce and then baked with a pastry lid.
The traditional main course is the Potée lorraine, a hearty cabbage and vegetable stew made with regional sausage specialties.
The local type of cheese is that Munster-Géromé. known in Germany as Munster cheese.
Since Lorraine is an important growing area of Mirabelle plums it is not surprising that corresponding fruit tarts are popular desserts, mirabelle plums jam on the breakfast table and eau-de-vie made from mirabelle plums to aid digestion digestif are ubiquitous.
For breakfast and coffee time, in addition to the unavoidable mirabelle jam, the roll-like, Madeleine called batter, a specialty Commercy. The Madeleine helped Marcel Proust's memories of his childhood on the jumps, at least that's what he wrote in a famous passage in his autobiographical work In Search of Lost Time. Nowadays you can also get them in Germany. Out Nancy (see there) came the first recipe of the delicious Macarons or almond macaroons and a confectioner made the first Bergamot sweets.
nightlife
If available at all, then in the big cities.
security
There are no known specific or typical risks.
climate
Lorraine is located in a zone with a predominantly maritime climate, i.e. it doesn't get really cold, but also rarely very hot. Precipitation occurs again and again, which mostly falls as rain.
literature
Web links
- Lorraine Tourisme website, Abbaye des Prémontrés, BP 97, 54704 PONT-A-MOUSSON Cedex France. Attractive website in German with detailed information, also for download.
- Cycle routes in Lorraine and the surrounding area (also in German)
