Lieutenant-General Jean, count RAPP was born in the stall of the caretaker of the city hall in Colmar in the house adjacent to famous " Koiffùs " (Old Customs House) on April 27, 1771. Son of caretaker Hans RAPP, the simple soldier is himself elevated to the rank of Division general by his bravery and his righteousness |
Governor of Dantzig, he defended the city during one year after the pension of Russia. Reunited in bourbons after Cent - Days, he became a chamberlain of Louis XVIII. He died to Rheinweiler in country of Bade on November 8, 1821. Its native city made him erect in 1856 a monument to the Fields of March carrying this quote that translates the sense of the honor of Napoléon's officer: " My word is sacred ". |
A mausoleum containing the heart of the general Rapp is at the church Saint Matthieu. |