Zilling
OVER A THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY In 966, in a document, Zilling is mentioned for the first time under the name Zuselingen. The oldest village called Illingen. It was located a little further north, at a place called "Illinger Bann" But our area was inhabited much earlier: The "Seeb" or "Mardelles" had set their houses on stilts to protect themselves. There were also traces of Roman colonization: in 1892, was discovered near the Zinsel a Roman cemetery with the remains of bones, pottery, glass and zinc tip of spear. A collapse of the Roman Empire, the Franks were established in our region, mingling with the ancient people called "Walen" or "Walchen. Around the year 1000, the village belonged to the Duke of Bar, later it depended on the Abbey of St.-Mihiel (Meuse) and, in 1285, the monastery near Vergaville Dieuze. It was then shared between the Knights of Castle Lutzelbourg and the Lords of Herangi. In 1460, Count Palatine acquired 2 / 3 of t...