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Printing / Binding Instructions 1. Print document double sided on letter size paper Histoire de l’Alsace 2. Cut the entire printed document in half 3. Fold over making sure the page numbering is continuous Tome II: Bas-Rhin 4. For the cover: Print just the first page on card stock paper Cut the cover in half as well 5. Assemble the covers on the document 6. Punch the left side for a binding, spiral or comb as desired http://www.lessmiths.com/~kjsmith/html/main.shtml Kevin Smith 2015 KJ Smith i ii iii iv INTRODUCTION This little guide stems from my interest in “putting it all together”, for understanding something of the history of Alsace (whence comes my lovely bride). I am partictularily interested in that history which has left tangible evidence in the form of many castles dotting the Vosges foothills and the Ma Serie Histoire de l’Alsace fortified towns which often opposed them on the fertile plains below. Not only the towns and castles themselves but the ghosts of those who lived Tome I: Haut-Rhin there, their concerns, motavations, and the broader European social currents Tome II: Bas-Rhin that influenced and often inundated them. Tome III: Histoire Naturelle I have started with a backbone of articles describing the many castles which remain ever present. These are the transition civilation existing between an early Celtic and Roman world swamped by the growth of Frankish power, and by a later Europe shaped by new cities and ideas yet retaining the legacy of feudal/aristocratic ambitions and foibles. The ruins of ideas often as present as the castles themselves. Alsace is one of those border states (as it were) always part of larger neighboring regions without necessarily a unique history of its own. What happened in Alsace happened in Europe and what happened in Europe happened in Alsace. As such, a look into this region's history provides larger insights and understanding. These two volumes are certainly my version of an argument from the specific to the general. For each volume I include at the end a more extensive summary of Alsace history, a slightly larger perspective. As each of the two volumes are intended to work stand-alone if desired, the Alsace History is repeated in both volumes. Kevin Smith 2015 http://www.lessmiths.com/~kjsmith/html/main.shtml v vi CONTENTS: 61 Châteaux et villes fortifiées du Bas-Rhin crdp-strasbourg.fr 1 A bit of geology 63 Château de Hohenbourg 12-16th c 9 Histoire du département du Bas-Rhin 64 Château de Lœwenstein 13th c www.france-pittoresque.com 65 Château du Fleckenstein 13-16th c 66 Château de Frœnsbourg 13-14th c 15 Des comtes et ducs d'Alsace 67 Château du Wasigenstein 13th c Wikipedia 68 Château de Lutzelhardt 13th c 17 Etichon-Adalric d'Alsace 69 Château du Petit-Arnsberg 14th c 70 Château de Wittschloessel 13th c Wikipedia 71 Château de Schœneck 13-16th c 23 Famille de Hohenstaufen 72 Château de Wineck c.1300 mont-sainte-odile.overblog 73 Château de Hohenfels 13th c 74 Château du Vieux-Windstein 12-14th c 27 La baronnie de Fleckenstein et 75 Château du Wasenbourg c.1275 Les seigneurs de Weiterswiller 78 Château de Lichtenberg 13-16th c Wikipedia 79 Château de La Petite-Pierre 12th c 81 Château de Herrenstein 11-16th c 31 Seigneurie de Lichtenberg Wikipedia 83 Haguenau et son histoire dorffer-patrick 33 Chevaliers d'Empire Wikipedia 87 Saverne: Histoire et patrimoine Site Officiel 37 Histoire du diocèse de Strasbourg danyburn.tv-com.net 91 Château de Greifenstein 12-14th c 92 Château de Hohbarr c.1100 43 Nordgau (Bas-Rhin) 93 Grand-Geroldseck 12-15th c Wikipedia 94 Château du Freudeneck c.1300 95 Château d'Ochsenstein 12th c 45 Wissembourg 99 Château du Petit-Geroldseck 13th c Wikipedia 100 Château du Dabo 47 Wissembourg Abbey 102 Château de Wangenbourg 13th c Wikipedia 103 Brasseries Kronenbourg 53 L'Abbaye de Surbourg Wikipedia Jeanmarc Mossu 111 Histoire de Strasbourg 53 Mont Sainte-Odile - Ottrott Wikipedia Jds.fr 121 Château du Nideck 13th c 57 Le pétrole de Péchelbronn 122 Château de Hohenstein 13th c Société Chimique de France 123 Grand Ringelstein 13th c 124 Château du Petit-Ringelstein Unknown 125 Château de Guirbaden 11th c vii viii 127 Château de Lutzelbourg 13th c 197 les Magyars 129 Château de Dreistein 13-14th c Wikipedia 130 Château du Hagelschloss 13th c 199 Hungarian invasions of Europe 131 Château du Birkenfels c.1260 Wikipedia 132 Château de la Roche 13th c 133 Château de Salm 13-14th c 201 Bataille du Lechfeld (bavière) 135 Château du Landsberg 13th c Wikipedia 136 Château de Kagenfels 13-16th c 203 Les Ecorcheurs devant Rosheim Rédigé par PiP, vélodidacte 137 Obernei Wikipedia 207 Strasbourg : la ville au Moyen Age Encyclopédie B&S Editions 139 Andlau Wikipedia 211 Querelle des Investitures Wikipedia 142 Château d'Andlau 1246-1264 143 Château de Spesbourg 1246-1250 293 L’Alsace au XVIIème siècle Encyclopédie B&S Editions 144 Château du Bernstein 11-15th c 146 Ramstein (Bas-Rhin) 13-14th c 221 L’Alsace, Berceau des Habsbourg 147 Château de l'Ortenbourg 13th c Philippe Nuss 148 Château du Frankenbourg 12th c 149 Château de Kintzheim 13-15th c 227 La vie Seigneuriale alsacienne Encyclopédie B&S Editions 153 Sélestat, 13 siècles d'histoire 231 Encore des familles nobles d’Alsace Sélestat.fr various 157 L'humanisme en Alsace 237 L’héritage de Gertrude de Dabo Une petite encyclopédie par PiP vélodidacte 161 Haut-Kœnigsbourg 12-15th c 241 Les châteaux d’Alsace dans l’histoire Encyclopédie B&S Editions 165 Battle of Wissembourg (1870) 253 Geneaological tables Wikipedia various 169 Ligne Maginot 257 Codex Guta-Sintram, 1154 Wikipedia Editions du Quotidien 187 Casemate de Marckolsheim Sud 259 Hortus deliciarum, 1185 Wikipedia Wikipedia 261 8 mars 1262 : la bataille de Hausbergen 189 Libération de Strasbourg, 1944 Ernest-Emile Klapperstorch Chemins de Memoire 263 Carte géolinguistique de l'Alsace 193 Operation Nordwind A. Hudlett, 2001 Wikipedia 265 Notes ix x A start with a bit of Geology: Geology forms the true ancient slate upon which all subsequent history is written. The geology of Alsace determines where the hills stop and lowlands start, the cource of the Rhine, the whole flavor of the province. Geology is important for human history in many ways, in the silver loads at St Marie, the Pechelbronn oil sands, the bassin potassique, the red sandstone from which so many of the castles and building are built. Even the Alsatian terroir along the route des vins derives from the east-facing slopes, microclimates and bedrock chemistry. 1 2 L’Empire Franc 3 4 Les blasons héraldiques Alsace Lorraine Palatin Deux-Ponts Hohenstaufen Fleckenstein Fleckenstein- Dagstuhl Lichtenberg Württemberg Chevaliers Eveque de Habsburg Royaume Strasbourg Alsace-Lorrain de France Wissembourg Péchelbronn Haguenau Saverne Strasbourg Rosheim Obernai Andlau Sélestat Saint-Empire Prusse Empire Allemagne 5 6 Birding Hotspots in Alsace Rathsamhausen Ribeaupierre Hattstatt Guntram Vaudémont Dabo Ferrette St Marie Kaysersberg aux Mines Turckheim Colmar V Brisach Eguisheim Munster Guebwiller Murbach Mulhouse Thann Altkirch Sundgau Belfort Bâle Ville 2eme DB FFI 7 8 Histoire du département du Bas-Rhin http://www.france-pittoresque.com/spip.php?article2164 La basse Alsace fut comprise par Auguste dans la Germanie supérieure, puis, par Constantin, dans la première Germanie, et ce fut vers le règne de Le territoire du département du Bas-Rhin prit, au Moyen Age les noms de cet empereur que le christianisme fut apporté en Alsace par saint Materne. Nordgau et de basse Alsace, et fut habité primitivement par une peuplade de A cette époque les fortifications établies sur les rives du Rhin pour arrêter la nation celtique. Au temps où César visita cette limite de la Gaule, une l’irruption des barbares devinrent insuffisantes ; aucune force humaine ne partie de la confédération des Médiomatrices, dont la capitale Divodurum fut plus capable de contenir les peuplades envahissantes. Julien retarda par (Metz) était située de l’autre côté des Vosges, y avaient formé quelques ses victoires la grande invasion ; il défit en 357 les Lètes aux environs de établissements dont les principaux étaient Argentoratum (Strasbourg), Strasbourg ; mais après sa mort, les Alains, les Suèves, les Vandales, les Brocomagus (Brumat), Helvetum (Elle ou Schlestadt), Altitona Huns, les Francs se jetèrent sur la Gaule. (Hohenbourg). En 407, lors de la grande invasion de la Gaule par les Suèves, les Vandales, Ce n’étaient encore que des bourgades composées d’habitations chétives et les Alains et les Bourguignons, la plupart des villes de l’Alsace les dispersées au hasard, mais qui servaient de retraite à des guerriers de haute premières exposées aux hordes envahissantes furent détruites. stature, robustes et infatigables, à ces Belges que César eut tant de peine à Argentoratum fut de ce nombre, et la province entière fut enlevée sans vaincre. Les Médiomatrices bravèrent deux fois les armes du conquérant, en retour aux Romains. A partir de ce moment commence pour les deux 56 et 52 ; mais après la destruction d’Alise et la ruine des efforts de Alsaces une série de misères qui se continue presque sans interruption dans Vercingétorix pour rendre les Gaulois à la liberté, leur soumission fut l’espace de plusieurs siècles. Les ravages, les famines, les épidémies se complète. succèdent et dépeuplent la contrée. Quelques années plus tard, pendant la guerre de César contre Pompée, les En 451, Attila détruit tout sur son passage. Les Francs ne tardent pas à passages du Rhin et des Vosges n’étant plus suffisamment défendus, les s’emparer de la première Germanie ; Clovis en mourant laisse à son fils Germains en profitèrent pour revenir en deçà du fleuve.
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