Kœnigsmacker (Lorraine Franconian: Maacher/Kinneksmaacher; German: Königsmachern) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Kœnigsmacker
Commune
The church in Kœnigsmacker
Coat of arms
Location of Kœnigsmacker
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Coordinates: 49°23′38″N 6°16′39″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Thionville
Canton	Metzervisse
Intercommunality	Arc mosellan
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Zenner[1]
Area 1	18.4 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	2,256
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57370 /57970
Elevation	148–306 m (486–1,004 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Kœnigsmacker was the birthplace of Father Jean-Vincent Scheil (1858–1940), a French Dominican scholar and Assyriologist, who was one of the discoverers of the Code of Hammurabi in Persia. The area was the scene of fighting during World War II when the U.S. 90th Infantry Division assaulted the nearby Fort de Koenigsmacker, one of the German Moselstellung fortresses.

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kœnigsmacker.

• Monuments of Kœnigsmacker (in French)