Travel Guide Friesen

In Alsace, Friesen means «digging a gap on a spade», which explains the blue coat adorned on a yellow spade. Near Friesen, between this village and Largitzen, a Roman site marked the crossing of two Roman tracks. Moreover, two Gallo-Roman sanctuaries are discovered at the Lieu. The village was owned by Lucelle and the Knights of Saint John in the th century. In 1648, Sundgau, and thus Friesen, returned to the Crown of France before a troubled period. Several edicts of the king authorize the logging of wood to facilitate the construction of houses and barns. The th century is the golden age of the two-timbered houses with a number of copies at Friesen. In the two World Wars, Friesen was largely destroyed. Today, there are still beautiful old buildings, such as the Schuller House, at 49 main street, date for 1499-1500. It is one of the oldest half-timbered houses in the Sundgau. The present Saints-Pierre-et-Paul church dates from the th century and replaces the old th century mother church. The church is home to a magnificent portrait of Saint Antoine, already revered in the th century in Friesen.