Schleithal
Schleithal is a commune with 1449 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region on the border with Germany. In the local, Palatine dialect of the place " Schladl " is called. The inhabitants call themselves " Schleithalois ". In addition to the village of the volume flows. In addition to the main settlement there is the outer quarters " Upper Ringgasse " and " Lower Ringgasse ". The immediate neighboring municipalities are Salmbach, Seebach and White Castle with the district of "Old Town".
Schleithal is passed by the department of road 244. In the north, along the no longer in operation railway Loud Castle White Castle, is a bicycle track.
History
An early mention of the settlement dates back to 1145th are circulating speculation that the location already 631 when the abbey was founded by White Castle, was settled.
The first church was built in the 13th or 14th century. She stood on the highest point of the district, but fell in a military invasion by fire.
The place belonged to the old Bishopric of Speyer and the French Revolution time worked from early 1798 until his expulsion on 20 August the same year, the later canon Franz Christoph Günther ( 1770-1848 ) there as pastor. He was the son of the Baroque sculptor Joachim Günther and the nephew of the famous baroque painter Matthäus Günther.
1871-1918, when the territory belonged to the German Empire, Schleithal was subordinate to the Canton Lauter castle.