Mont Saint-Michel (german: Michaelsberg) is a

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, 437 metres high, in the

Vosges The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...

mountains in the French region of

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. It rises above the town and abbey of

Saint-Jean-Saverne Saint-Jean-Saverne (; ; Alsatian: ''Sànt Johànn'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the ...

(''St. Johann bei Zabern''). It is home to a St. Michael's Shrine like its more famous cousin in Normandy, but historically is not related to it.

Literature

* Jean-Joseph Ring: ''Promenades historiques et archéologiques autour de Saverne''. Saverne, 2000, {{DEFAULTSORT:Saintmichel, Mont #Vosges Mountains of Bas-Rhin Peaks dedicated to Michael (archangel)