Réchicourt-le-Château

Commune in Grand Est, France

Réchicourt-le-Château Rixingen (German)
Commune
Lock in the Marne–Rhine Canal
Coat of arms
Location of Réchicourt-le-Château
(2020–2026)		Stéphane Ermann^[1]
Area ¹	24.14 km² (9.32 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	559
• Density	23/km² (60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	57564 /57810
Elevation	242–333 m (794–1,093 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Réchicourt-le-Château (French: [ʁeʃikuʁ lə ʃɑto]; German: Rixingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is part of the arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins.^[3]

Until French Revolution, it was an Imperial County, which was ruled by the Counts of Ahlefeldt (1669-1751), and later by the Dukes of Richelieu.

Only after 1789 it became part of (then) Kingdom of France.

La Grande Ecluse de Réchicourt

A narrow stretch of the Canal de la Marne au Rhin from locks 6 to 1 on the western side of the summit pound which caused delays to barge traffic led to the decision to build a new lock to replace them. The lock, built alongside lock 2 and taking its number, has a rise/drop of around 15 metres and is the deepest lock on the Freycinet network. It was opened in 1965. Locks 3 to 6 are totally abandoned but lock 1 is still traversed, minus the gates. Because of this, boats heading eastwards pass from lock 7 to lock 2 and then onto the summit pound.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Décret n° 2014-1721 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Boulay-Moselle, de Château-Salins, de Thionville-Ouest et de Metz-Campagne (département de la Moselle)