Grand Cru : [ Steinert ]
History
" Pfarrhinheim " means the " Priests' House " quoted in 1186, is perfectly appropriate because since the high Middle Age the village has belonged to the bishopric of Strasbourg and more particularly to the seigneury of Rouffach.
The three castles that were in the village at the 15th century, have all disappeared.
In the forest above " Wasserbourg " the family of " Laubgasse " built the castle
" Laubeck " at the 13th century.
It was then destroyed by the bishop of Strasbourg in 1314.
The pilgrimage of Our Lady of Schauenburg said to go back to 1811 in fact goes back to the 15th century because the monastery of Franciscans, founded in 1690 was abolished by the Revolution.
The village shelters a former leper-house already an orphanage quoted in 1578.
In the part of the village called " Klein Pfaffenheim ", vestiges of old iron mines and an iron nail factory.
Sightseeing
Close to the church are old Merovingian sarcophagi.
At " Klein Pfaffenheim ", remainders of a Merovingian necropolis.
Insignificant vestiges of the castle of Laubeck.
In the village, vine growers houses of Renaissance style.
The church Saint Martin has a beautiful late roman chorus from the beginning of the 13th century, a nave of 1894, its bell-tower was rebuilt in 1976.
Chapel of pilgrimage Our Lady of " Schauenburg " with its gothic chorus, its nave dating around 1700.
The only vestiges of the vault " Saint Leonard " are insignificants ruins.
A way of cross going back to 1879.
Miscellaneous Informations
Panoramic view from the " Schauenburg ".
Forest.
Vines: Route des Vins d'Alsace, Grands Crus Wines "Steinert".
Wines growers' cooperative offering a broad choice of fine wines.
Orchards, cereals, agricultural cooperative.
Cattle and pigs breeding.
Day of the Grands Crus, Last week-end of April, at the Cave de Pfaffenheim.
Local fair 21st, May 27th and 28th .
The Whit Monday : pilgrimage " Our Lady of Schauenburg ".
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