GR5 from Kédange-sur-Canner to Metz

Exhibition, rental or loan of vehicles for events or exhibitions, American and French vehicles, jeeps, trucks, staged dressed mannequins...

The center, located 20 min from Metz and 25 min from Thionville in an unspoilt natural setting, can accommodate groups of up to 250 people. Its unique facilities in the Moselle region (rooms, large-capacity group accommodation, gymnasium) and its catering offer can accommodate all types of events and stays: meetings, general assemblies, training courses, seminars, vacations...

In 1132, Henry of Carinthia, Cistercian abbot of Morimond, arrived in a small, quiet valley, surrounded by majestic forests and crossed by the Canner, a small stream whose source is nearby. He was accompanied by monks and converses, laborers, stonecutters and blacksmiths. On land donated by the Duke of Lorraine and other generous donors, they founded the Abbey of Villers-Bettnach in a place conducive to meditation and work. At first, a small chapel dedicated to Sainte-Catherine, named after one of the foundation's donors, was built. The building where it stood still exists. The gable is adorned with three Romanesque windows, typical of the period. This was followed by the construction of the classic buildings found in all other abbeys: church, abbey-church, cloister, chapter house, chauffoir, refectory, dormitories, library, storeroom, storehouse, workshops for carpentry, blacksmithing, construction and reception of foreigners. The Abbey of Villers-Bettnach quickly became a major influence. Teams of monks trained here left to found new abbeys in Austria, Belgium, Germany and Yugoslavia. After the revolutionary turmoil and the departure of the last monks, the buildings were sold as national property and demolished as quarries. The abbey church was less than a century old. Visitors to the site will discover the Chapelle des Humbles, restored by the Association, the portal of Monseigneur Coislin, the gable of the Chapelle Sainte Catherine, the ruins and, some distance away, the pond, the monastery's water reserve.

Chapel: pilgrimage site in the Messin region, founded around 800 AD.

Erected in 1445, destroyed in 1940, rebuilt in 1981. This historic monument, a cross supported by three columns, used to stand near Saint-Julien-lès-Metz before being moved to Vany. A stopover for pilgrims on their way to Sainte-Barbe.