Kaysersberg, was to be known before 1100, time of foundation of the Benedictine priory of Alspach, upstream of Kaysersberg.
This priory was transformed into a convent of Clarisses in 1282.
The emperor Frederic II had a castle built at a strategic point : both on a throttling of the valley
and on a hill dominating the road towards
Lorraine, on the western side of the Vosges mountains.
" Keisersperg " or " Mount of the Emperor ", is quoted in 1227 and owes its existence to the castle.
Indeed, this castle quickly gave rise to an agglomeration. It was fortified as of the 13th century and in 1293 was endowed with the same privileges as Colmar.
Kaysersberg was part of the " Decapolis " from 1354 until 1648.
The population took part in the Peasants' War of 1525.
Annexed by France with the other imperial possessions in Alsace.
Fatherland of the world known Doctor Albert Schweitzer.
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