Kientzheim
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| local community | Kaysersberg Vignoble | |
| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 8 ' N , 7 ° 17' E | |
| Post Code | 68240 | |
| Former INSEE code | 68164 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Kientzheim (German Kienzheim ) is a former French commune with 749 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region . It belonged to Colmar-Ribeauvillé (Rappoltsweiler) and the canton of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former municipalities of Kaysersberg , Kientzheim and Sigolsheim were merged into a Commune nouvelle with the name Kaysersberg Vignoble .
geography
Kientzheim lies on the edge of the Vosges , at the exit of the Weiss river from the mountains into the Upper Rhine Plain . The area is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park . The village is about ten kilometers northwest of the city center of Colmar .
history
Kientzheim was mentioned as Chonesheim as early as the 8th century in a property register of the Fulda Abbey , which owned lands here. The Zurich Abbey of St. Felix and Regula also owned it. The lords of the village changed frequently. At times the lords of Eguisheim, the lords of Ferrette and the von Hohlandsberg belonged to them . In 1347 Archduke Leopold of Austria gave the place city rights . In the 16th century, Lazarus von Schwendi was the lord of the city, who expanded the castle into a palace and had the city further fortified.
The Bavarian diplomat Johann Franz Anton von Olry (1769–1863) from Alsace resided here between 1845 and 1861 and was the center of a Catholic-aristocratic society. It is u. a. reports that when he was over 80 years old he still served as an altar server in the church of Kientzheim .
During the fighting at the end of the Second World War in 1944, around 70% of the town was destroyed, and valuable archives were destroyed. A plaque on the church commemorates the Malgré-nous , Alsatians forcibly conscripted by the Germans during the war.
In 1986, the Lazarus-von-Schwendi-Städtebund was founded in Kientzheim, to which, in addition to Kientzheim and other Alsatian communities, also places in Germany and Belgium belong. The bones of the Lords of Schwendi rest in the church.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 850 | 896 | 864 | 811 | 933 | 827 | 786 | 738 |
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Culture and sights
- The city wall with some towers from the 14th century
- Schwendi Castle from the 15th century
- The church Notre-Dame-des-Douleurs ( Seven Sorrows of Mary ) from 1722 with choir and tower from the 15th century with the tombs of Lazarus von Schwendi (1554) and his son (1609), with a Gothic ossuary and a plaque for the Malgré-nous
- Chapel of St. Felix and Regula with a unique collection of votive pictures from the 18th and 19th centuries
Schwendi Castle with lower gate
Notre-Dame church
Schwendi tombs in the Notre-Dame church
Memorial plaque for the Malgré-nous
Chapel of St. Felix and Regula
Votive tablet in the chapel
Viticulture
Like most places in the Vosges foothills, the place is a wine village and is therefore on the Alsace Wine Route . The Furstentum (with Sigolsheim) and Schlossberg (with Kaysersberg) vineyards are particularly valuable Alsace Grand Cru sites. The St. Étienne Wine Brotherhood, which strives to preserve traditional winemaking and the quality of Alsace wines, is based in Schwendi Castle in Kientzheim. The Alsatian Viticulture Museum shows everything to do with viticulture, which is so important and characteristic of Alsace. The local wine festival takes place on the last weekend of July.
Sons and daughters
- Johann Jakob Scheffmacher (1668–1733), Jesuit priest, theologian and university professor
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 682-685.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Franz Binder (editor): From the life of the knight of Olry , historical-political sheets for Catholic Germany , volume 52 (1863, 2nd volume), page 642, scan from the source