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3 unusual facts about Obernai


Charles-Émile Freppel

Charles-Émile Freppel (June 1, 1827 – December 12, 1891), French bishop and politician, was born at Obernai (Alsace).

Georges Loustaunau-Lacau

He was recalled to active service on the outbreak of the Second World War, but was arrested on the orders of Daladier on 22 March 1940 and imprisoned at Obernai.

René Schickele

Schickele was born in Obernai, Alsace, the son of a German vineyard owner and police officer and a French mother.


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Castles of Dahn

A similar arrangement of two or three castles clustered closely together may be found in several places in the south part of neighbouring Alsatian Vosges: the Dreistein at Odilienberg near Obernai, the three castles on the Schlossberg near Reinhardsmunster, the Drei Exen near Eguisheim and the castle group of Haut-Kœnigsbourg/Oedenburg.


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