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Durningen
Durningen is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.
It is the highest commune of the natural region of the Kochersberg.
Its name was first quoted in 724 as Deorangus, then as Teuringas (742), Thurinca (787), Thuringen (1276) and endly Turningen and Durningen (1371).
In the Middle Ages, Durningen belonged to the domain of Hanau-Lichtenberg and to the bishopric of Strasbourg.