Andlau

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Andlau
Andlau coat of arms
Andlau (France)
Andlau
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein
Canton Obernai
Community association Pays de Barr
Coordinates 48 ° 23 '  N , 7 ° 25'  E 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
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.

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

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 31-40.

Web links

Commons : Andlau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 - Schlettstadt district