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The Franks to the north of the Alamanni were for a long period of time their principal rivals. In 496 CE, Clovis of the Franks decisively defeated the Alamanni at the Battle of Tolbiac . Alsace became part of the Frankish Kingdom of Austrasia , and remained part of Merovingian and Carolingian Francia until its eventual disintegration after the ...
Kaysersberg (French: [kajzœʁsbɛʁɡ]; German: Kaisersberg [ˈkaɪzɐsbɛʁk] ⓘ; Alsatian: Kaiserschbarig) is a historical town and former commune in Alsace in northeastern France. The name is German for Emperor's Mountain. The high fortress that dominates the town serves as a reminder of both its strategic importance and its warlike past.
Alsace (/ æ l ˈ s æ s /, [5] US also / æ l ˈ s eɪ s, ˈ æ l s æ s /; [6] [7] French: ⓘ) [8] is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in the Grand Est administrative region of northeastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine, next to Germany and Switzerland.
Destroyed by the French in 1677, probably already abandoned at that time. Château du Grand-Geroldseck: 12-15th century Ruins Château de Greifenstein: 12-14th century Ruins Comprises 2 castles, separated by a ditch. Château de Guirbaden: 11th century Ruins Château du Hagelschloss: 13th century Ruins Also known as Château de Waldsberg.
The old town of Molsheim is well preserved and contains a considerable number of old houses and buildings of typically Alsatian architecture. The most notable buildings are the medieval Tour des Forgerons, the Renaissance Metzig, the baroque (although built in late gothic style) Église des Jésuites – an inordinately large church insofar as it could house the entire population of the town ...
The vineyards around Eguisheim produce Alsace wine of high quality. The village is ranked in the top 20 of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France . In May 2013 it was voted the 'Village préféré des Français' (Favorite French Village), an annual distinction that passes from town to town throughout France.
The political parties striving for an autonomous Alsace or a connection to France accounted only for a small proportion of votes in the last Reichstag, as well as in the local elections. [34] Pro-French Alsatian autonomists had won many votes in the more rural parts of the region and other towns since the 1871 German annexation.
The astronomical clock inside Notre-Dame de Strasbourg. The Strasbourg astronomical clock is located in the Cathédrale Notre-Dame of Strasbourg, Alsace, France.It is the third clock on that spot and dates from the time of the first French possession of the city (1681–1870).
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