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The Ochsenfeld is a plain in the Alsatian region of
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. It extends from the outlet of the upper Thur valley in the west to the Hardt Forest, and from
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in the south to
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in the north. The name is derived from the German words "ochsen" (oxen) and "feld" (field), meaning "cattle pasture". It refers to the fact the during the Middle Ages, the area was used entirely for
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, with many cattle markets being held there. Ochsenfeld is also the name of a place between Cernay and
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in the department
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. In this place the
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of the Battle of Vosges were found. The forces of the Roman Empire fought there against a Germanic tribe in the fiercest battle of that time. Legend has it that this battle triggered the foundation of
Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...
. A chapel in Cernay is named after the Ochsenfeld. Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours, dite chapelle de l'Ochsenfeld


Further reading

* M. Ingold: L'Ochsenfeld, ses antiquités, ses traditions, Impr. de Vve-Berger-Levrault, 1862


References


External links


F. Zégierman: L'Ochsenfeld





Battle of Vosges

The Roman camp of Aspach
Natural regions of France Plains of France Landforms of Haut-Rhin {{HautRhin-geo-stub