History of Moselle

Moselle is one of the original 83 dé partements created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the former province of Lorraine.

In 1793, the foreign enclaves of Manderen, Lixing-lè s-Rouhling, Momerstroff, and Cré hange (Kriechingen), all possessions of princes of the German Holy Roman Empire, were annexed by France and incorporated into the Moselle dé partement.