Sturzelbronn
Sturzelbronn ( German Stürzelbronn ) is a commune with 183 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Moselle in the Lorraine region in the northern Vosges. It was the seat of an important monastery in the Middle Ages.
Geography
Sturzelbronn is located on Mill Brook in the extreme north-east of Lorraine on the border Palatinate and Alsace. It is the easternmost municipality of Bitscher little country ( Pays de Bitche ) and all of Lorraine.
History
The result is the establishment of the Roman road from Bitche to Wissembourg. Fragments of sculptures bear witness to this period. The Cistercian abbey founded in 1135 by Duke Simon I of Lorraine is the actual origin of the village. The Abbey Sturzelbronn had in the Middle Ages extensive possessions and tithes in Bitscher country which at that time also included many now lying on the German side villages. 1799, the Abbey has been abolished.
At the beginning of the Franco-German War, there were here on August 1, 1870 battle between German riders and French soldiers in the course of a Bavarian Chevauleger a fallen Prussian Hussars saved her life. This scene immortalized the military painter Louis Browns in an oil painting, which is now exhibited in the Bavarian Army Museum Ingolstadt and once served as a postcard. This was the " The Battle of Stürzelbronn " to a famous phrase of the Bavarian Army history.
Demographics
Culture and sights
- The remains of the abbey, especially a tympanum with esoteric motifs
- Church of St. Elizabeth of 1764
Leisure and Tourism
In the forests of the Vosges Sturzelbronn Club has marked many trails. There are modest refreshments and accommodation facilities available, as well as a campground and a lodge of the Friends of Nature. Between Bitche and Sturzelbronn is a restricted area of the military training area Bitsch expands.