Château de Schmittviller

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Le château en bref

The Château de Schmittviller stands on the rue d'Etting, in Schmittviller, in the Bitche area (Moselle). In 1723 the lands were raised to the status of a fief for the benefit of Jean Friderich de Dithmar, receiver of finances at Bitche and lord of the manor, who had the château built from 1726 onwards; the works were assigned to master mason Jacques Natte, of Bitche, and the farm outbuildings date from the same period. Built of sandstone, rendered rubble and dressed stone from the Rahling quarries, the building, dating from the second quarter of the eighteenth century, has a basement and a square first floor, beneath a roof with long slopes, hips and half-hips covered in tiles; it contains a dog-leg staircase with timber-framed returns. The château, together with its courtyard and agricultural buildings, is listed in the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage. It is a privately owned property and is not open to visitors.