Saverne

Saverne (German Zabern), a town of France in the r?gion of Alsace, situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a pass over the Vosges Mountains, and 45 km (27 m.) N.W. of Strasbourg. It is a sous-pr?fecture of the Bas-Rhin d?partement. Population (1999): 11,201.

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Its principal building, the former episcopal residence, rebuilt by Cardinal de Rohan in 1779, was used by the Germans as barracks. There are also a 15th century church and an antiquarian museum.

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In the vicinity are the ruined castles of Hoch-barr, Grossgeroldseck, Ochsenstein and Greifenstein. Hence a beautiful road, immortalized by Goethe in Dichtung und Wahrheit, leads across the Vosges to Pfalzburg.

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France: The French Republic or France (: R?publique fran?aise or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents....

Alsace: Alsace (French: Alsace; Alsatian/German: Elza?) is one of the 26 r?gions of France. Originally part of the Holy Roman Empire and inhabited by people speaking a dialect of Upper German, Alsace gradually passed under French sovereignty in the course of the 17th century, and became one of the provinces...