Merzig

Merzig lies on the Saar between Trier and Saarbrücken. From 1368 the settlement and the surrounding Merzig-Saargau district were administered jointly by the Electorate of Trier and the Duchy of Lorraine. This condominium endured for about four centuries, with France succeeding Lorraine in the arrangement in 1766.

A plan of Merzig from 1617 records bridges over the Seffersbach, several mills, market meat stalls and buildings belonging to different jurisdictions. After the shared territory was divided in 1778, Merzig came under Trier alone until French revolutionary troops occupied it. Following the French period it passed to Prussia in 1815.