Kestenholz
Kestenholz (French: Châtenois), a town in the [former] German district of Lower Alsace, district and canton of Schlettstadt, at the foot of the Vosges (entrance to the Weilertal) and on the Schlettstadt–Markirch railway, has a Catholic church, manufacturing of wool cloth, cotton and silk, cotton cleaning rags, brick factory, sawmills and grinding mills, mineral springs at 18°, containing table salt, iodine and bromine as well as a bath (Bad Bronn), viticulture and (1900) 2741 Catholic residents. Above the town is the Hahnenberg hill.
Kestenholz in Miniature
- Tour des Sorcières (Witches‘ Tower) Châtenois, 1:87 Kibri 8475 / 38470
Bibliography
- A Gate for the Witches‘ Tower (Darmstadt, 2024)
Source: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, 6. Auflage 1905–1909