Kilstett is a

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in the

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department in

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in north-eastern

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/ref> Its inhabitants are known as ''Kilstettois''.

Geography

Kilstett is positioned about fifteen kilometres (nine miles) to the north of Strasbourg. It has its own stop on the little

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that connects Strasbourg with the

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frontier town of

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, and is approximately three kilometres (two miles) to the east of Junction 50 on the

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, which is the principal north-south highway in

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Infrastructures and shops

Kilstett has a match shop, bakeries, a Crédit Mutuel bank and a pub called A l'Arbre Vert.

History

In January 1945, a German counter-offensive intended to reconquer Strasbourg was stopped at the Battle of Kilstett.

Geography

Infrastructures and shops

History

See also