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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.

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

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

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.

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


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