Krautwiller 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

Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...

 in north-eastern France

France

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History

In a transaction document dating from 742, the settlement is named as "Chrodoltesvillare".

In the medieval period, until 1504, the parish was administratively dependent on Wingersheim

Wingersheim

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Landmarks

The chapel has a nave dating back to the eleventh century. A Romanesque

Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...

 doorway (today walled up) was originally the entrance to this ancient chapel dedicated to Saint Ulrich

Saint Ulrich

Saint Ulrich can refer to:* Ulrich of Augsburg, Bishop of Augsburg and a leader of the German church* Ulrich of Zell, a Cluniac reformer of Germany, abbot, founder and saint* Sankt Ulrich am Waasen, a municipality in Styria, Austria...

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