Localisation - bassin houiller de Moselle

Saar-Warndt coal mining basin is an area of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

and

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It has been shaped by two centuries of coal extraction from the start of the 19th century to the start of 21st century; and it represents a significant period in the history of European

industrialisation Industrialisation ( alternatively spelled industrialization) is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society. This involves an extensive re-organisation of an econo ...

. The Saar coalfield has passed between France and Germany during the 1900s. After World War One it was agreed in the

Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles (french: Traité de Versailles; german: Versailler Vertrag, ) was the most important of the peace treaties of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1 ...

to be owned by France, until a plebiscite took place 15 years later where the local citizens voted to become part of Germany. Following

World War Two World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

this area was officially returned to France. However in 1957 the Saar rejoined Germany. This piece of land was valuable to these countries especially during this coal powered period of history. However most of the coal in that area was mined when it belonged to France post-WW1. File:Lh2 03.jpg, La Houve, 20th century File:2015-05 - Puits Sainte-Marthe - 09.JPG, Fosse Sainte-Marte built in 1848 File:2015-05 - Puits Folschviller - 12.JPG, Fosse Folschviller 1 File:Commune de Forbach puits Simon 5.jpg, Fosse Simon 5 File:Göttelborn Fördergerüst pano.jpg, Göttelborn File:WENDEL 1+2.jpg,

Carreau Wendel Museum The Carreau Wendel Museum is the museum of the Wendel-Vuillemin coal pit, in Petite-Rosselle on the Saarland, Lorraine border ( Saar-Warndt coal mining basin). Though often in Germany, since 1945 it has been in Moselle department France. The muse ...

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Coal mining regions in France Coal mining regions in Germany {{mining-stub

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