Henridorff

Commune in Grand Est, France

Henridorff
Commune
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Coat of arms of Henridorff Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°44′03′′N 7°12′40′′E / 48.7342°N 7.2111°E / 48.7342; 7.2111
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarrebourg-Château-Salins
Canton	Phalsbourg
Intercommunality	CC du Pays de Phalsbourg
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Kalch^[1]
Area ¹	7.31 km² (2.82 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	705
• Density	96/km² (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57315 /57820
Elevation	215–367 m (705–1,204 ft) (avg. 366 m or 1,201 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Henridorff (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁidɔʁf] ; German: Heinrichsdorf) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Geography

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The village is located 3 km south of the national road 4, north of the valley of the Zorn. The pass of Henridorff, the "Steig", with a slope of 6% connects the valley to the village.

It is a village surrounded by beautiful forests of broad-leaved trees (mainly beech) and conifers.

The geological base is formed of Vosges sandstone or red sandstone. Also numerous quarries from which sandstone was extracted are located near the village.

History

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In 1614, Duke Henry II of Lorraine had the Schwangen woods cleared to build the village of Henridorff for the Catholics expelled from the territory of the Prince Palatine.