Walbourg

Walbourg ( German Walburg ) is a commune with 804 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region. It belongs to the district of Wissembourg and Canton Wœrth.

History

The town developed around the Benedictine Abbey of St. Walburg in which Frederick II, Duke of Swabia († April 1147 ), and the heart of his wife Judith of Bavaria ( † probably 1130/31 ), the parents of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa buried, were.

In the peasant wars devastated the monastery was incorporated into the pin White Castle and then came under the rule of the Electoral Palatinate. 1687 by Louis XIV assigned to the seminar in Strasbourg.

Demographics

Church

The Gothic Church of St. Walburga, built in 1456-62, contains elements of Romanesque previous building. From this church the place got its name.

St. Walburga, crucifixion window of 1461

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