Andlau
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Bas-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein | |
Canton | Obernai | |
Community association | Pays de Barr | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 23 ' N , 7 ° 25' E | |
height | 205-795 m | |
surface | 23.69 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,739 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 73 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 67140 | |
INSEE code | 67010 | |
Website | http://www.andlau.fr | |
View of Andlau and the Rhine plain |
Andlau is a French commune with 1739 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin département in the Grand Est region ( Alsace until 2015 ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein and the Canton of Obernai .
geography
Andlau is located at the foot of the Vosges , on the western edge of the Upper Rhine Plain , about 14 kilometers north of Sélestat and 28 kilometers southwest of Strasbourg . The municipality, which is nine-tenths wooded, extends far west into the Vosges. The Andlau , a tributary of the Ill, flows through the village .
Neighboring communities of Andlau are Barr and Mittelbergheim in the northeast, Eichhoffen in the east, Bernardvillé in the south, Reichsfeld and Albé in the southwest and Le Hohwald in the west.
history
The Abbey Andlau was 880 by the Empress Richardis founded. She was from her husband Emperor Karl III. was cast out and was later canonized. Her grave in Andlau became a place of pilgrimage. In 1287, the Benedictine monastery was immediately made under the Empire and in 1499 converted into a women's monastery, before it was dissolved in the French Revolution in 1791. The Legend According to her was sure of a wild place of suitable bear shown. In the two-room crypt from 1045, which is one of the oldest parts of the church, enlarged by 1080 towards the east, there is a bear sculpture. According to legend, the bear is said to have shown the unfortunate empress where she can find refuge. The crypt is one of the oldest places of pilgrimage to the Virgin Mary in Alsace. People suffering from rheumatism and foot sick people came here to receive healing. The place developed around the monastery. The Andlau noble family was important for the subsequent local history . Its coat of arms was reversed in color to the municipal coat of arms.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Andlau belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Schlettstadt district in the Lower Alsace district .
Population development
year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2012 | 2015 |
Residents | 1789 | 1529 | 1584 | 1919 | 1744 | 1632 | 1654 | 1838 | 1799 | 1751 |
coat of arms
Description of coat of arms : A continuous golden cross in red .
Attractions
- The former abbey church Ste. Richardis, today St-Pierre-et-St-Paul , of the monastery founded by St. Richardis from the 11th / 12th. Century, was remodeled at the end of the 17th century. The Romanesque crypt was built around 1045 and expanded in 1080. In 1130 the church was redesigned into a cruciform basilica and received a rectangular choir. Of this, however, only the west building has been preserved, with sculptures and reliefs on the upper floor that are well worth seeing, some of which were later joined together to form the current form. 1160–1161 the eastern parts of the church, which had been destroyed by fire, were renewed. Between 1698 and 1704 the nave was built as a gallery basilica in the Romanesque style.
- A pane of glass from around 1210 with the crowned Christ and twelve prophets and other pieces of equipment from the 15th to 18th centuries are particularly worth seeing.
View into the Rue du Général Koenig, on the left the house of the family of General Joseph Louis Marie Andlauer
Church of St. Peter and Paul
- In the place the visitor finds many charming houses, u. a. a renaissance building from 1623.
- Fountain of St. Richardis with the bear by her side in the market square
- The ruins of the castles Hohandlau ( Château du Haut-Andlau ) and Spesburg , both of which were built in the 13th century, are located within the municipality .
- St-André cemetery chapel with a Gothic choir tower from the 13th century.
St. André cemetery chapel
economy
The place lives mainly from viticulture and wine trade (see also Alsace wine region ). It is located on the Alsace Wine Route . The three Alsace Grand Cru locations Kastelberg, Moenchberg and Wiebelsberg are located in the municipality .
Community partnerships
Andlau has been in partnership with the German community of Sexau in the southern Baden district of Emmendingen since 1961 .
Personalities
- Richardis or Richgard (is) (* around 840; † September 18 around 900 in Andlau) was the wife of Emperor Charles III.
- Peter Hemmel von Andlau (* around 1420), late Gothic glass painter
- Georg von Andlau († 1466), Provost of Basel Cathedral, first rector of the University of Basel
- Peter von Andlau (around 1420–1480), humanistic legal scholar
- The coat of arms of Andlau also adorns the epitaph of Anton Benedict Friedrich Graf von Andlau , former prince and Abbot of Gebweiler , † 1839 canon of Eichstatt .
- Johann Franz Anton von Olry (1769–1863), Bavarian diplomat
- Marie-Madeleine de Rebstock, Countess of Wangenbourg and Marlenheim etc. (1570–1609), abbess of the Andlau monastery
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 31-40.