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5 unusual facts about Kintzheim


Kintzheim

The Abbey of Andlau held lands adjoining Lièpvre and positioned at the bottom of the village on land that was part of Kintzheim.

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The area was increased in 1299 by a farm at Kintzheim which the Abbey of Senones gave them in fief.

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Before he died in 784, Fulrad had founded monasteries at Lièpvre and at Saint Hippolyte.

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In 1298 the inhabitants of the nearby village of Châtenois, at this time administered by the bellicose Bishop of Strasbourg, torched and devastated the castle at Kintzheim.

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In 781 the emperor bestowed further lands, including the Kintzheim forests, on the priory at Lièpvre.


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