Bertangles () is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Somme department in
Hauts-de-France in northern
France
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.
Geography
Bertangles is situated on the D97 road, just off the N25, north of
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
. A farming area with extensive
woodland
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and a grand chateau.
Population
Places of interest
* The 18th-century château, constructed by Louis-Joseph
Clermont-Tonnerre
The House of Clermont-Tonnerre is a French noble family, members of which played some part in the history of France, especially in Dauphiné, from about 1100 to the French Revolution (1789–99).
History
Sibaud, lord of Clermont in Viennois, wh ...
from 1730 to 1734, replacing the medieval structure, itself rebuilt in the 16th century, after being burned by the Spaniards in 1597. An old gateway is all that remains of the older building, which gives access to the farm, to the west. In August 1930, a fire destroyed the interior of the château, particularly the woodwork. All was remade in the same style in subsequent years. The stairway and ramp of wrought iron have also been restored.
The chateau was also used as Headquarters by the Australian Corps prior to the Battle of Amiens in August 1918
Personalities
*
Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, the Red Baron, was buried with military honours by the Australian Flying Corps in the cemetery some distance from the village on 22 April 1918, but exhumed after the end of
World War I
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and reburied first in the German military cemetery of Fricourt (Somme), then by his brother in Berlin. After the Second World War his remains were transferred to
Wiesbaden
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(in 1975).
See also
*
Communes of the Somme department
References
Bibliography
* « ''Canton of Villers-Bocage - Châteaux et fermes - N° 182 - Coll. Itinéraires du patrimoine'' » - Textes de Judith Förstel - 1999 -
* « ''Dictionnaire historique et archéologique de Picardie - Arrondissement of Amiens - Tome III'' » - E. Héren et L. Ledieu - 1919
* « ''Dictionnaire des châteaux de France : Artois, Flandre, Hainaut, Picardie'' » - J. Thiebaut - 1978
* « ''Églises, châteaux, beffrois et hôtels-de-ville les plus remarquables de la Picardie et de l'Artois'' » - A. Goze - 1849
* « ''La décoration sculptée des façades du château de Bertangles'' » - François de Clermont-Tonnerre - dans ''Bulletin de la Société des Antiquaires de Picardie - Tome 76'' - 1976
* « ''Un grand artiste du fer : Vivarais'' » - J. Foucart-Borville - dans ''Bulletin de la Société des Antiquaires de Picardie'' - 3
e trim. 1980 (à propos de l'histoire de la grille d'honneur)
Image:Bertangles château (portail avec grille d'honneur) 1.jpg, Pillars on the main gate
Image:Bertangles entrée ferme du château 1.jpg, The gate to the medieval château
Image:Bertangles colombier (ferme du château) 1.jpg, The Dovecote
Image:Bertangles église (vue depuis petit chemin vert) 1.jpg, The church
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Communes of Somme (department)