Wissembourg
Wissembourg
(
German
:
Weienburg
) is a small town and
commune
situated on the border between
France
and
Germany
, in the
Alsace
rgion
, approximately 60 km north of
Strasbourg
. Wissembourg is a
sous-prfecture
of the
Bas-Rhin
dpartement
. Population 8,173.
History
Founded in the
7th century
following the foundation of a
Benedictine
abbey
, the town grew in stature as a result of the work of the monk
Otfried
, who had translated the
epistles
into the
vernacular
. The town was fortified in the
13th century
, and was annexed by France under
Louis XIV
in
1678
.
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