Luxeuil (lüksö'yə), former abbey, E France, at the present-day town of Luxeuil-les-Bains. It was founded c.590 by St. Columban on the site of the Roman town Luxovium, destroyed (451) by Attila, later established in Franche-Comté and now in the Haute-Saône dept. The ascetic rule of Columban was soon modified and replaced (8th cent.) by that of St. Benedict. Although constantly troubled by the interference of the Merovingian kings, the monks of Luxeuil were important in upholding Christianity, and enjoyed independence until the abbey's inclusion in Franche-Comté. The abbey, devastated (c.732) by the Saracens, was rebuilt by Charlemagne and soon became one of the early centers of medieval learning; its abbots came to rank as princes of the Holy Roman Empire. The French Revolution secularized the abbey.
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Coordinates: 47°49′01″N 6°22′53″E / 47.8169444444°N 6.38138888889°E
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Commune of Luxeuil-les-Bains |
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  Luxeuil-les-Bains
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| Country | France |
| Region | Franche-Comté |
| Department | Haute-Saône |
| Arrondissement | Lure |
| Canton | Luxeuil-les-Bains |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Luxeuil |
| Mayor | Michel Raison (2008) |
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| Elevation | 260–395 m (850–1,300 ft) (avg. 294 m/960 ft) |
| Land area1 | 21.81 km2 (8.42 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 7,997 (2006) |
| - Density | 367 /km2 (950 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 70311/ 70300 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Luxeuil-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.
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History
Luxeuil (sometimes rendered Luxeu in older texts) was the Roman Luxovium and contained many fine buildings at the time of its destruction by the Huns under Attila in 451. In 590, St Columban here founded the Abbey of Luxeuil, afterwards one of the most famous in Franche Comté. In the 8th century, it was destroyed by the Saracens; afterwards rebuilt, monastery and town were devastated by the Normans, Magyars, and Muslims in the 9th century and pillaged on several occasions afterwards. The burning of the monastery and ravaging of the town is commonly used to illustrate the point that no place in Europe was safe during the invasions.
The abbey schools were celebrated in the Middle Ages and the abbots had great influence; but their power was curtailed by the emperor Charles V and the abbey was suppressed at the time of the French Revolution.
See also
References
- INSEE (English)
- H Beaumont, Etude hist. sur l'abbaye de Luxeuil, 890-1790 (Lux. 1895)
- Grandmongin and A Garnier, Hist. de la mile et des thermes de Luxeuil (Paris, 1866), with 16 plates.
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
External links
- New tourist office website (in French)
- Tourist office website (in French)
- Picture of Luxeuil-les-Bains Basilica
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