Soufflenheim

Soufflenheim, is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is known for its pottery, being known as the Cité des PotiersHistoryThe forested area of Northern Grand Est has been used as a pottery since the Bronze Age. This area provided a natural source of the needed clay. Whether or not, and to what extent the Gauls and Romans used the area's clay, is not known. There was, however, much ancient pottery found in the area, but no settlement documented.In the 9th century, Irish monks built the St. Michael church consecrated on the Kirchberg. For today's St. Michael's Church, there is no consistent connection. It is also unclear whether the plain below the hill was already built.Soufflenheim history of medieval and early modern period coincides with that of Haguenau the Forest of Hagenau. In 1147, the city first documented. At the time, Frederick I Barbarossa granted the local potters exploitation rights to the Clay Pit within the imperial hunting ground. In this context, different stories - allegedly legends - survived, as the miraculous rescue of the emperor by a potter before a rampaging boar, as well as donations from nativity figurines from clay to the emperor and his entourage.