Thionville

Location of Thionville

Town hall

Flag

coat of arms

Thionville (Luxembourgish: Diddenuewen, German: Diedenhofen) is a city in northeast France, close to the Luxembourgian and German border. It is on the left side of the Moselle River. About 41,000 people were living there in 2014.

History

Until 1659 Thionville was part of the Holy Roman Empire (as a part of Luxembourg till 1462). From 1871 to 1919 it was part of the German Empire, and from 1940 to 1944 part of Nazi Germany.

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View of the 1558 siege of Thionville by Nicolas Beatrizet, in the Franco Novacco Collection at the Newberry Library
Belagerung der Festung Thionville (OBSIDIO VILLAE THEODONIS FORTALITY 1643. Belagerung der Vestung Diedenhofen.) - Kupferstich - lateinisch, deutsch - 33,8 x 38,4 cm - [ab 1643]
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The Hôtel de Ville

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