The Château de Hattonchâtel is a château in the commune of Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel in the Meuse département of France.
The site was fortified in 860 by Hatto, Bishop of Verdun, whose name it bears, on a rocky promontory overlooking the Woëvre flat land. The settlement became the chief stronghold of the bishops and also the location of their mint until 1546. In 1636 the retreating Swedes besieged and burnt most of the town.
The medieval castle was destroyed during World War I in 1918. The site was entirely reconstructed between 1923 and 1928 by Henri Jacquelin, a Norman architect originally from Evreux, in the Neo-Renaissance style. He produced the ultimate "troubadour" château of Lorraine, a pastiche which used some remains from the 11th century building. The work was financed by the American benefactor Belle Skinner.
The Château de Hattonchâtel has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1986 and is privately owned.
The château is run as a hotel, wedding and conference centre.
The village of Hattonchâtel was an autonomous commune until 1973, when with several other villages it was incorporated in the Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel municipality.

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The Château de Thillombois is a Renaissance château located in Thillombois, in the department of Meuse; it was significantly remodeled in the 19th century. It was admitted into the Monument historique registration on March 6, 1995.
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The original château dates from the 12th century. Its size at the time was much larger than the current one that stands today. It was one of the largest medieval domains of the area, owned by a French noble family who also possessed, among others, the Château de Jarny, located in what is now known as Jarny in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. Heavily damaged in the 17th century during the Thirty years War, the château managed to retain a tower and a wing, while the surrounding villages were pillaged by Croats. restored by successive generations, emptied of all of its goods during the Reign of Terror, the castle found a new life in the 19th Century when the heiress of the estate, the Countess d'Oryot-Apremont, married the Count of Nettancourt-Vaubécourt which then allowed a sufficient capital contribution to add a new main building and to restore the existing rooms around 1873.
The château remained within the Nettancourt-Vaubécourt family until 1961, where it was then acquired by the commune of Mantes-la-Ville into a summer camp center. The center fell into disuse in the 1980s. It was left to fate, until it was rented in the early 1990s by the Connaissance de la Meuse cultural association, who continued to make renovations and improvements. In 2010 the association became the official owner so that the château could remain in the public domain.

Château de Thillombois

Built between 1857-1859 by Charles-Henri de la Cour, the estate has seen plenty of history over the years. This includes the fact that the Château is actually built on the grounds of a former grand mansion. The Castle’s name, ‘Monthairons’ derives from the French meaning ‘Mount of Herons’. There is still a heronry on site, though its exact origins are unclear.
During WWI, the château was used as a military hospital for US troops. Many French in the region, and indeed throughout France, credit the US troops who came to help fight as the real reason the war ended when it did.
In 1985, the castle was purchased by the Thouvenin who had a dream to run the castle as a hotel. Following four years of restoration works, the hotel of Château des Monthairons was open for business and began welcoming countless guests. Today, the grand mansion operates as a 25 bedroom family run hotel with excellent food and remains in the hands of the Thouvenin family.
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