Haute-Marne is a department in the northeast of France named after the Marne River.
Haute-Marne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Champagne, Burgundy, Lorraine and Franche-Comté
In 1814, Chaumont was the unwitting witness to the end of the First Empire. On the 1st of March, Prussia, Russia, England and Austria signed an accord forbiddin...
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Haute-Marne is a department in the northeast of France named after the Marne River.
Haute-Marne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Champagne, Burgundy, Lorraine and Franche-Comté
In 1814, Chaumont was the unwitting witness to the end of the First Empire. On the 1st of March, Prussia, Russia, England and Austria signed an accord forbidding any individual peace deal with Napoleon the 1st, and to fight until his final defeat.
During World War II, Haute-Marne was split under the German occupation. The canal which runs from the Marne to the Saône served as a border, dividing the department into west and east. The east was a "reserved zone", intended for the creation of a new German state, whereas to the west would be the traditional "occupied zone". Haute-Marne was finally liberated by the Allies, in the form of the division of General Leclerc, between August an September 1944....
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