Durningen is a commune

Communes of France

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 in the Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

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 department in Alsace

Alsace

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 in north-eastern France

France

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It is the highest commune of the natural region of the Kochersberg

Kochersberg

The Kochersberg is a natural region of the french département of Bas-Rhin in Alsace and is a part of the hills found along the eastern side of the Vosges mountains...

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Its name was first quoted in 724 as Deorangus. than as Teuringas (742), Thurinca (787), Thuringen (1276) and endly Turningen and Durningen (1371).

In the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

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, Durningen belonged to the domain of Hanau-Lichtenberg and to the bishopric of Strasbourg.