Diedendorf

Diedendorf is a common French, located in the department of the the Low-Rhine and the area Alsace.

Geography

History

The first mention of the village goes back to 699. It appears under the terms in Villa Didinescheaime . It is then quoted under: Dedendorf , Dietendorf , Diedendorff . Decimated by the Plague, the famine and the wars, the village is given up and fall in ruin at the 14th century. In 1559, it is repopulated by Huguenot S.

In 1570, the village is given in stronghold to the baillif Jean Streiff who undertakes to build a small castle, now classified historic building. It also builds a church in 1588, that the Guerre Thirty Year old will damage. It will be rebuilt in 1700. It contains three tomb stones, one of a relative of the Streiff family, another of one of wire of Pasteur Perroudet and that of Pasteur Samuel Perroudet. The presence of this character, come from Swiss, caused the migration of a great number of Swiss families in the area.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

the castle, dating from the 16th century.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Low-Rhine

External bonds

Diedendorf on the site of the national geographical Institute
Diedendorf on the site of INSEE
Diedendorf on the site of Quid
Localization of Diedendorf on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Diedendorf on Mapquest

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