Metz, strongest fortress in Lorraine, on the Moselle, 105 m. SW. of Coblenz, captured in 1870 from the French, who had held it since 1552; has a cathedral, library, museum, and school of music; industries are unimportant; the trade is in liquor, leather, and preserved fruits.
Population (circa 1900) given as 60,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Metternich, Clement, Prince von * Meung, Jean de