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Montier-en-Der
Montier-en-Der () is a former commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune La Porte du Der. 29 December 2015 The 10th century church of the former Montier-en-Der Abbey has been preserved. See also *Communes of the Haute-Marne department
The following is a list of the 426 communes in the French department of Haute-Marne.
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Montier-en-Der Abbey
The Abbey of Montier-en-Der in Haute-Marne, France, was formerly a Order of St. Benedict, Benedictine, later Cluniac, abbey, dissolved during the French Revolution, the grounds and premises of which, since 1806, have been used as the French National Stud farm, Stud Farm. Monastery The monastery was founded in about 670, in deep oak forest on the banks of the river Voire, at a place that at first still carried its Gallo-Roman name of ''Puteolus'' ("little well") in the diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne. The site, which must have been an aristocratic Roman villa, Gallo-Roman villa, to judge from the quality of the ivory diptych found at the site in modern times (''illustration, below right''), was at that time in the borderlands of Champagne (province), Champagne just north of Burgundy (region), Burgundy and west of Duchy of Lorraine, Lorraine. The founder was the monk Bercharius of Montier-en-Der, Bercharius, later canonized; The extensive site, which was part of Bercharius' inheritanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |