Kientzheim
Kientzheim ( German Kienzheim ) is a municipality with 747 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the canton of Kaysersberg in the department of Haut-Rhin in Alsace region of France. She is a member of the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de Kaysersberg. The church is not to be confused with the about 30 km north Kintzheim lying in the department of Bas -Rhin.
- 3.1 Viticulture
Geography
Kientzheim is on the edge of the Vosges, at the outlet of the white from the mountains in the Upper Rhine Valley. The municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park of Ballons des Vosges. The village is located about ten kilometers north-west of the city center of Colmar. Immediate neighboring communities of Kientzheim are Sigolsheim, Ammerschwihr and Kaysersberg.
History
Kientzheim was mentioned as early as the 8th century Chonesheim in a goods classification of the Abbey of Fulda, which included lands here. The Zurich Abbey of St. Felix and Regula had possession here. The men of the village changed frequently. To them, from time to time included the Lords of Eguisheim, the Lords of Ferrette or of Hohlandsberg. 1347 was the place by Archduke Leopold of Austria, the city law. In the 16th century Lazarus of Schwendihotel was lord of the city, who had converted the castle to castle and fix the city continues.
From 1845 to 1861 resided here, a native of Alsace Bavarian diplomat Johann Franz Anton von Olry ( 1769-1863 ) and was the center of a Catholic aristocratic society circle. It is, inter alia, narrated that he still served with over 80 years in the church of Kientzheim as acolyte at the altar.
During the fighting at the end of the Second World War the town was destroyed in 1944 to about 70%, valuable archives were destroyed. At the church is a memorial plaque to the Malgré - nous, forcibly confiscated by the Germans during the war Alsatians.
In Kientzheim was founded in 1986 by the Lazarus - Schwendihotel - Cities and Towns, the next Kientzheim and other Alsatian communities also belong to locations in Germany and in Belgium .. The bones of the Lords of Schwendihotel rest in the church.
Demographics
Culture and sights
- The city wall with several towers from the 14th century
- The Schwendihotel castle from the 15th century
- The Church of St. Mary's from 1722 with choir and tower of the 15th century with the grave of Lazarus Painting of Schwendihotel ( 1554 ) and his son (1609 ) and Gothic ossuary
- Chapel of St. Felix and Regula with a unique collection of votive paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries
Chapel of St. Felix and Regula
Votive tablet in the Chapel
Plaque for the Malgré - nous
Viniculture
The place is like most places of the Vosges foothills, a wine village and therefore is located on the Alsace Wine Route. The vineyards principality ( with Sigolsheim ) and Schlossberg ( with Kaysersberg ) are particularly valuable Alsace Grand Cru sites. The Wine Society of St. Etienne, which seeks to preserve the traditional wine making and wine quality of the wines of Alsace, has Kientzheimer Castle Schwendihotel their seat The Alsatian wine museum shows all around the Alsatian such an important and distinctive wine growing. The local wine festival takes place on the last weekend of July.