Feldkirch, Hartheim
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Feldkirch is a very small town (700 ppl) in Baden-Württemberg
, Germany
, a few minutes from the French
border(4 km) and near Switzerland
. It is part of the town Hartheim
.
It has a small bakery, 3 restaurants, and 3 hotels (guesthouses).
The village is known for its crops, especially for the spargel=asparagus.
They also grow onions, potatoes, strawberries and other berries.
It is famous as the childhood home of Sybille von Schoenebeck, later to gain fame as author Sybille Bedford
, in the 1910s. It has really only come to full prominence in the 21st Century with the publication of her final autobiography Quicksands: A Memoir, though it was mentioned in her 1989 Booker Prize-nominated Jigsaw: An Unsentimental Education.
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, a few minutes from the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
border(4 km) and near Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It is part of the town Hartheim
Hartheim
Hartheim is a town in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany....
.
It has a small bakery, 3 restaurants, and 3 hotels (guesthouses).
The village is known for its crops, especially for the spargel=asparagus.
They also grow onions, potatoes, strawberries and other berries.
It is famous as the childhood home of Sybille von Schoenebeck, later to gain fame as author Sybille Bedford
Sybille Bedford
Sybille Bedford, OBE was a German-born English writer. Many of her works are partly autobiographical. Julia Neuberger proclaimed her "the finest woman writer of the 20th century" while Bruce Chatwin saw her as "one of the most dazzling practitioners of modern English prose".-Early life:She was...
, in the 1910s. It has really only come to full prominence in the 21st Century with the publication of her final autobiography Quicksands: A Memoir, though it was mentioned in her 1989 Booker Prize-nominated Jigsaw: An Unsentimental Education.