Réserve naturelle nationale d’Hettange-Grande

Réserve naturelle nationale d’Hettange-Grande is a nature reserve in Hettange-Grande, Arrondissement de Thionville, Grand Est. Réserve naturelle nationale d’Hettange-Grande is situated nearby to the village Sœtrich, as well as near the neighborhood Cité d’Hettange.

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Type: Nature reserve
Description: protected area in France
Also known as: “Réserve naturelle d’Hettange-Grande”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ouvrage Immerhof and Ouvrage Soetrich.

Ouvrage Immerhof

Fort

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Ouvrage Immerhof, also known as Ouvrage Ferme-Immerhof, is one of the largest petit ouvrages of the Maginot Line of north-east, France. Located near the community of Hettange-Grande, it is 7 km north of Thionville between the gros ouvrages of Molvange and Soetrich, the closest ouvrage to the Luxembourg frontier.

Ouvrage Soetrich

Fort

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Ouvrage Soetrich is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line in north-eastern France. Soetrich is located between petits ouvrages Immerhof and Bois Karre, facing the France-Luxembourg border near the town of Hettange-Grande, part of the Fortified Sector of Thionville.

Église Saint-Étienne d’Hettange-Grande

Church

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Église Saint-Étienne d’Hettange-Grande is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hettange-Grande and Thionville.

Hettange-Grande

Village

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Hettange-Grande is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The town gives its name to the Hettangian age, the earliest age of the Jurassic period of the geologic timescale.

Thionville

Town

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Thionville is a city in the northeastern French department of Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz.