Frœningen Explained

Frœningen
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason de la ville de Froeningen (68).svg
Arrondissement:Altkirch
Canton:Altkirch
Insee:68099
Postal Code:68720
Mayor:Georges Heim[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:47.6914°N 7.2706°W
Elevation M:260
Elevation Min M:252
Elevation Max M:305
Area Km2:4.44

Frœningen (in French pronounced as /frøniŋ(ɡ)ən/;) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

History

In 1312, Count Ulrich de Ferrette yielded Frœningen to Knight Conrad of Flaxlanden. The village was later ceded to Hadmansdorf in 1458, then to the noble family of Reinach-Heidwiller in 1539. During the Thirty Years' War, the castle was spared, but was finally set on fire by the Swiss in 1468. It was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, but was burned again, following the negligence of a cook, in 1739.

The castle was rebuilt in the early nineteenth century, but fell under the bombings of the First World War in 1917.

The village had a large Jewish community at the end of the nineteenth century and bore the nickname of Little Switzerland.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. Book: Zosa Szajkowski. Jews and the French Revolutions of 1789, 1830 and 1848. KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1970. 1970. 9780870680007. registration.