Morhange

Morhange was a town of Lorraine whose medieval lordship belonged to the house of Salm before coming under the dukes of Lorraine. Its fortified position and old tower gave the settlement a place in the contested country between the duchy and the bishopric of Metz. During the wars that ravaged Lorraine in the seventeenth century, fighting reached Morhange; a battle was fought here in 1641. The town's history reflects the changing fortunes of the local lords and the wider duchy.