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Municipal flag of Puttelange-lès-Thionville - Image by Arnaud Leroy, 1 October 2006
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The municipality of Puttelange-lès-Thionville (611 inhabitants) is located 20 km north-north-east of Thionville, close to the border with Luxembourg (Mondorff / Mondorf).
The castle of Puttelange was built in 1653 as la Burg de Puttlingen
by Jean de Ryaville. This ironmaster from Lorraine was ennobled by
Archidukes Albert and Isabelle in 1598 and allowed in 1609 to build a
forge in Dommelange, in the neighbouring Luxembourg. The Ryaville
family became very rich and contributed to the industrial development
of the region. On 9 August 1641, Ryaville purchased a part of the
domain of Puttelange, then called Puttelange-lès-Rodemack (the current
name was adopted in 1945), after a fortified city located 5 km south of
Puttelange. In 1659, the Treaty of the Pyrénées allocated the region to
France. Thomas I de Ryaville, John's son, took over Rodemack and the
neighbouring villages and plead allegiance to the King of Spain, who
sold him the remaining part of the domain of Puttelange. The castle was
later transferred to the Marquis Charles Jean-Baptiste Robert de
Dampont, who was guillotinized in Metz with his wife Marie Anne
Joséphine on 24 July 1794. Their son-in-law Baron Jacques Philippe
Joseph d'Huart obtained on 15 June 1802 the return of the castle to his
wife.
Puttelange is known for its calvaries, the most interesting of them
being the Justice Cross, dated 1643 but probably much older and having
replaced an even much older monument (XIIIth century). The cross has a
monolithic, 2.30-high shaft, which recalls that Puttelange was in the
past famous for its stone-cutters and cobblers.
Source: Unofficial Puttelange website
Ivan Sache, 1 October 2006
The flag of Puttelange-lès-Thionville, as observed locally, is yellow with three vertical red stripes. It is a banner of the municipal arms, D'or aux trois pals de gueules, Or three pales gules.
Dominique Cureau, 1 October 2005