The history of the village of Plainfaing merges with that of the Ban de Fraize of which it was part. In the sixteenth century, Jean Hercquel (Herculanus), canon of Saint-Dié born in Plainfaing, built in this village a chapel called «de Saint-Genest». In 1725 the parish priest of Fraize, Perrotey, established a vicar at Plainfaing. In 1781 the inhabitants asked for the assembly of the various incomes of the chapel of Saint-Genest and the erection of a cure in Plainfaing, committing to build a church. On June 20, 1782, the bishop of Saint-Dié dismembered the villages of Plainfaing, Ban Saint-Dié, Noirgoutte, Habaurupt, la Hardalle, Chaume, and Forêt from the parish church of Fraize and erected the parish of Plainfaing. Near the chapel Saint-Genest, now destroyed, is the church built in 1782. An organ with a keyboard and pedals was installed in 1821/23\\. The idea of its replacement was present as early as 1894, when Madame Géliot, widow of a local industrialist, commissioned an organ from
Access
L'église se trouve à 80 mètre environ du carrefour de la rue de l'église avec la route D 415 (axe Saint-Dié-des-Vosges / Colmar) et plusieurs parking sont à proximité immédiate de l'église.
Website
https://www.plainfaing.com/
Phone
03 29 50 32 13
Other
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Address
Rue de l'église 88230, Plainfaing, Vosges, Grand Est, France