Moyenmoutier

Moyenmoutier (French pronunciation: [mwajɛ̃mutje] ⓘ; German: Mittelmünster) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

The monastery (moutier) founded by Saint Hydulphe in 671 was located between four others, at Senones to the east, Étival to the west, Saint-Dié to the south and Bonmoutier (at Val-et-Châtillon) to the north.

The 18th century was a golden age for the Abbey at Moyenmoutier which for many years numbered among its scholars of philosophy and theology Dom Augustin Calmet, who in 1728 went on to become abbot at Senones.

The French Revolution called time on the monastic existence, however, and in 19th century Moyenmoutier the chanting of monks was replaced by noise of industrial machines.

The twentieth crisis in the European textile sector would be reflected by a population decline as people moved away in search if employment.