Atlas of Battles

contested ground, 11 engagements

Metz: contested ground

The ground around Metz was fought over 11 times between AD 451 and 1944: 3 battles and 8 sieges, in 5 different wars. All 11 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

Siege of MetzSiege of MetzSiege of MetzSiege of MetzSiege of MetzSiege of MetzBattle of Borny-ColombeyBattle of NoissevilleBattle of BellevueBattle of MetzSiege of MetzSiege of MetzFrankfurtStuttgartStrasbourgLuxembourgMannheimSaarbrückenWiesbadenNancy200 km49.121N, 6.193E
11 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

Siege of Metz, AD 451Siege of Metz, 1444Siege of Metz, 1473Siege of Metz, 1518Siege of Metz, 1553Siege of Metz, 1814Siege of Metz, 1870Battle of Borny-Colombey, 1870Battle of Noisseville, 1870Battle of Bellevue, 1870Battle of Metz, 1944AD 4511944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
AD 451Siege of MetzDivodurum Mediomatricorumfall of the western Roman Empire
10 September 1444Siege of MetzMetz
March 1473Siege of MetzMetz
August 1518Siege of MetzMetz
2 January 1553Siege of MetzMetzItalian War of 1551–1559
3 January 1814Siege of MetzMetzWar of the Sixth Coalition
1870Siege of MetzMetzFranco-Prussian War
14 August 1870Battle of Borny-ColombeyMetzFranco-Prussian War
31 August 1870Battle of NoissevilleNoissevilleFranco-Prussian War
18 October 1870Battle of BellevueMetzFranco-Prussian War
27 September 1944Battle of MetzMetzWorld War II

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.