Vieux-Ferrette
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
| Canton | Altkirch | |
| Community association | Sundgau | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 30 ' N , 7 ° 18' E | |
| height | 419-670 m | |
| surface | 6.63 km 2 | |
| Residents | 688 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 104 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68480 | |
| INSEE code | 68347 | |
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Vieux-Ferrette (German Altpfirt ) is a French commune with 688 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the canton of Altkirch in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). The Riesbach rises in the center of the village and flows north. Next door is the municipality of Ferrette . Vieux-Ferrette is a member of the Association of Municipalities Sundgau .
history
The place name - De ferreto 1104; Phirida 1133 - is probably derived from the Latin piretum (pear orchard). The name "Pfirt" originated around the seventh century after the Alemanni took the area and changed the place names to fit their tongues. That is why the Latin word piretum was affected by the high German sound shift : / p / became / pf / (like pilum > pfil> arrow or persica > peach). Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing also mention the late Latin word Firmitas (fortress) as a possible origin , which led to the numerous ferté in France. This is said to have referred to the castle of Ferrette, but this explanation is not supported by the old documents; in addition, the name would have become "Fert" in Alemannic. The French form Ferrette is more of a Romanization of the Alemannic name through folk etymology with the word fer (iron).
In order to distinguish itself from the neighboring village of Ferrette (Pfirt) and to show that this part of the village is the older, the name "Alt Pfirt" was chosen. The village has a castle that has been mentioned in a document since 1124 and is first mentioned as a village in 1269 (on the occasion of an exchange of goods between the Abbey of Lützel and Count Heinrich von Pfirt). The village and castle were plundered repeatedly, including by the Baslers (1445). The castle was destroyed by the Swedes in 1633.
In 1871, when the Franco-Prussian War was over, a street in Basel was dedicated to the village and officially referred to as "Pfirtergasse". Since then, Vieux-Ferrette was until the end of the First World War as part of the Empire State Alsace-Lorraine to the German Reich and was the county Altkirch in the district of Upper Alsace assigned.
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 509 | 416 | 428 | 426 | 461 | 525 | 526 | 561 | 688 |
Economy and Transport
In the village there was temporarily an institution for lepers, and in the 19th century there was also a spa that used the nearby sulfur springs.
The way to Ferrette in the upper part of the village goes back to a road that already existed in Roman times. From 1892 to 1953 there was a railway line of the SNCF , which led from Altkirch to Ferrette; the railway sleepers and the axles on the roundabout are still a reminder of this time. The school was built on the site of the former train station.
The best-known representative of the village among gourmets is Maître Antony, who runs the “Sundgauer Käskeller” in the upper part of the village. The commercial zone has been successfully expanded for several years.
Attractions
In addition to well-preserved half-timbered houses in the center of the village, the Saint-André church and the Notre-Dame-des-Anges chapel are worth seeing .
St. Andrew's Church
Notre-Dame-des-Anges chapel
Half-timbered in Vieux-Ferrette
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 449-452.
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert Dauzat, Charles Rostaing: Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France. Éditions Larousse, Paris 1963.
- ^ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Altkirch district
