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9 unusual facts about Mettlach


Jean-Baptiste Fresez

After graduating, he worked as an engraver and painter at the Villeroy and Boch porcelain factory in Mettlach on the River Saar.

John of Bohemia

During the confusion of the French Revolution the mortal remains were salvaged by the Boch industrialist family (founders of Villeroy & Boch, ennobled in 1892) and hidden in an attic room in Mettlach on the Saar River.

Leudwinus

He is the patron saint of Mettlach parish and his relics are carried by procession at the annual Pentecost celebration through the town.

Saint Leudwinus, Count of Treves (Leodewin, Liutwin, Ludwin) (c. 660 - † 29. September, 722 in Reims) founded an abbey in Mettlach.

His coffin was placed alone on a ship that was sailed by itself, first to Moselle, then Saar and finally docked at Mettlach where the church bells began to ring.

Postage stamps and postal history of the Saar

This was a set of 16 local scenes, ranging from a view of the Saar River near Mettlach to the Burbach Steelworks at Dillingen.

Schloss Lieser

The mosaic floor with his figural representations was designed by the architect and produced in Mettlach.

SV Mettlach

SV Mettlach is a German association football club from the city of Mettlach, Saarland.

Theotgaud

He was the abbot of Mettlach prior to his election in 847 to succeed his uncle, Hetto, as archbishop.


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