Friedolsheim is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...

 department in Alsace

Alsace

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 in north-eastern France

France

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History

The village's origins stretch back into antiquity. Many gallo-Roman

Gallic Empire

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 remains have been found along with the remains of a road dating back to the second century. The first written reference to Friedolsheim is 770 when it was included in the property of the Abbey of Fulda. A further reference dates from 826 when the village was called Friedesheim and enjoyed a privileged status of direct control under the empire

Holy Roman Empire

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: the village was part of the Bailiwick

Bailiwick

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 of 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...

, subject to the joint and indivisible control of the Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

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 and of the Bishop of Strasbourg. In 1496 the emperor's portion was acquired by the City of Strasbourg

Strasbourg

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Friedolsheim came under the parish of Maennolsheim

Maennolsheim

Maennolsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

 until 1343 when, for ecclesiastical purposes, it passed to the authority of the rural chaplaincy of Betbur, a village near the present site of Kleingœft

Kleingœft

Kleingœft is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-Geography:Surrounding communes are Wolschheim and Maennolsheim to the northeast; Westhouse-Marmoutier to the southeast; and Lochwiller to the west.-Landmarks:...

which disappeared in the wake of the Peasants' Revolt of 1493. In 1803 Friedolsheim become a stand-alone parish.