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Schorbach

Field	Value
name	Schorbach
commune status	Commune
image	Schorbach 0305.jpg
caption	A general view of Schorbach
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr Schorbach 57.svg
arrondissement	Sarreguemines
canton	Bitche
INSEE	57639
postal code	57230
mayor	Paul Dellinger
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	CC du Pays de Bitche
coordinates
elevation m	415
elevation min m	273
elevation max m	413
area km2	13.36
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Schorbach 57.svg

Schorbach () is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.

The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche. Schorbach had 551 residents. The residents refer to themselves as Schorbachois, and are also known by the sobriquet Wurschtfresser, a name that refers to the annual Wurschtfescht (sausage feast) that is celebrated on Saint Rémi's day.

Geography

Schorbach is a few kilometres South of the border with the Palatinate (Germany), North-east of Bitche. The commune is part of the Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve.

History

The name Schor-Bach, probably meaning turtle-stream, is first seen in 1210. The place was long part of Zweibrücken-Bitsch.

Schorbach was an early seat of a church congregation, served by the Hornbach monastery, and until the French Revolution it remained the central church for the surrounding villages.

At the start of World War II, the inhabitants were evacuated to the Département of Charente. Schorbach was liberated by American troops on 16 March 1945.

Population

|1968 |694 |1975 |695 |1982 |636 |1990 |649 |1999 |621 |2007 |589 |2012 |559 |2017 |540

Culture

The church of Saint Rémi, built on the site of a previous church inaugurated in 1143, on a rock overlooking the town, was the central parish church of the Pays de Bitche for many centuries. The founder of the church is unknown, but local history frequently ascribes the foundation to Berthold von Eberstein, whose son Eberhard III resigned his right of patronage at the nearby Sturzelbronn abbey. Eberhard's daughter married Count Henri II of Zweibrücken-Bitsch.

A square tower survives from the time of the foundation of the church, but the nave is Gothic. In 1774 the church, which had fallen into ruin, was comprehensively restored.

Schorbach is also known for the Ossarium at the entrance of the old churchyard, which dates from either the 12th or 15th century, according to different sources.

[[File:Eglise schorbach.jpg	thumb	left	upright 0.7	Church of Saint-Rémy]]	[[File:Schorbach 290405.jpg	thumb	left	upright 1.2	Roman Ossarium]]

References

(2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
''Un sobriquet du pays de Bitche'' in ''Les Cahiers Lorrains'', n°3, 1960.
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-57639#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
Franz Xaver Krauss, ''Kunst und Altertum in Elsass-Lothringen'', tome III, Strasbourg, 1889.
Marie-France Jacops, Jacques Guillaume, Didier Hemmer: ''Le Pays de Bitche (Moselle)'', Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France, Région Lorraine, Ed. Serpenoise, Metz, 1990 (p.121).

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