French villages

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Franzosendörfer is the slang term for the two Waldensian villages Gottstreu and Gewissenruh on the Upper Weser, which were founded by Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel for French religious refugees in 1722. The two places to the community Wesertal .

In the 19th century, the term also included Gottsbüren , Herstelle , Mariendorf , Karlsdorf, Bad Karlshafen , St. Ottilien , Schöneberg and Kelze im Reinhardswald in addition to the two places mentioned above .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Denis Papin, a martyr of science . In: The New Universe . tape 1 , 1880, p. 58 .
  2. ^ Franz Carl Theodor Piderit: Historical walks through the Weser-Thal . Albrecht Osterwald, Rinteln and Leipzig 1838, p. 54-55 ( [1] ).