Montmédy is in this archive for its events: 1 published here, with their dates.
What this page is
This page gathers what Cultural Heritage Online documents in Montmédy, France: the entries are the ones already published, each with its own sources, its position and its photographs. It is the shortest way to everything we hold in the city, and it is updated as the archive grows.
Why visit
Montmédy is the birthplace of Robert-Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, born on 9 August 1789, harpist and composer, whose life with the singer Anna Bishop was thought to have inspired the pair in du Maurier's Trilby.
Origins and history
Montmédy, under the form Madiacum, is mentioned for the first time in 634, in the testament of Adalgisel Grimo, deacon of Verdun, who gave his properties of Montmédy and Iré to the church of Sainte-Agathe of Longuyon: goods, buildings, vines, fields, meadows and woods on the edge of the Chiers. It was the old capital of the county of Chiny, and the count of Chiny built a fortress there in 1220, the château de Mady, which gave the town its name. In 1285, below the ramparts, in the plain of Chauvency-le-Château, Louis de Looz, count of Chiny, gave feasts.
Key facts
- Country: France
- Region: Grand Est
- Places in this archive: 0
- Centre of the documented entries: 49.5203°N, 5.3667°E
What is on in Montmédy
- Birth Anniversary: Nicolas Bochsa — August 9, 1789 — 9 August 2027
Sources
The dates and the titles above are our own record. The history on this page rests on the two sources listed.
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