Stiring-Wendel (French pronunciation: [stiʁɛ̃ vɑ̃dɛl]; Lorraine Franconian: Stiringe; German Stieringen-Wendel) is a commune in the Moselle department...
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The canton of Stiring-Wendel is an administrative division of the Moselle department, northeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton...
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Infantry Division to enter Stiring-Wendel and the remainder of Forbach. By 5 March 1945, all of Forbach and major parts of Stiring-Wendel had been taken. However...
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onto high ground overlooking Saarbrücken, smashed into Forbach, took Stiring-Wendel, and continued across the Saar to take Saarbrücken, 20 March 1945. Pushing...
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James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake"). Patricia Kaas (born 1966), singer from Stiring-Wendel (near Forbach) Christian von Zweibrücken (1782–1859), Bavarian general...
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coke furnaces at Stiring-Wendel and at Seraing in Belgium thereby alleviating a chronic shortage of coal and coke. In 1870, Wendel et Cie was the largest...
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concession, authorized in 1853 as the Compagnie des houillères de Stiring (Stiring Coal Company). The first two shafts were sunk using an innovative system...
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Irmgard (née Thiel; 1930-1989), was a German from Saar. Kaas grew up in Stiring-Wendel, between Forbach and Saarbrücken on the French side of the border. Until...
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is a border town with Germany, wedged between Stiring-Wendel and Saarbrücken. In 1846 Charles de Wendel and the Parisian businessman Georges Hainguerlot...
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Mines de Stiring. The coal produced was primarily used to fire the Wendel steelworks. The company became - Les Petits-fils de François de Wendel et Cie...
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