Ballersdorf
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
| Canton | Masevaux | |
| Community association | Sud Alsace Largue | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 37 ' N , 7 ° 10' E | |
| height | 292-387 m | |
| surface | 10.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 824 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 77 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68210 | |
| INSEE code | 68017 | |
 Town hall and school building |
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Ballersdorf is a French commune with 824 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the canton of Masevaux and is a member of the community association Sud Alsace Largue .
geography
The Sundgau community of Ballersdorf is located on the road and the railway line from Altkirch to Dannemarie , halfway between Belfort and Mulhouse in the Roesbach valley. Ballersdorf also had a train station on the Paris – Mulhouse line , but this had to be closed when the LGV Rhin-Rhône went into operation.
history
Ballersdorf is mentioned for the first time in 823 as Balderisdorff in a document, the authenticity of which is disputed. In 1188 a Johannes von Badricort is mentioned and finally in 1215 a Jordanus von Baerdstorff.
Ballersdorf and the neighboring Mettersdorf were plundered and destroyed several times during the Hundred Years War . In 1375 both villages fell victim to a major fire and between 1441 and 1576 there was no mention of the town of Mettendorf. The St. Martin chapel from the first half of the 18th century still stands in Mettendorf today, but some of it contains much older buildings. It is the last remnant of the disappeared town of Mettersdorf in the immediate vicinity of Ballersdorf.
Between 1813 and 1815 Ballersdorf suffered so much from the taxes to finance the French armies that it had to go into debt with the neighboring towns. Later the community suffered from the three wars between France and Germany. When at the beginning of 1943 more than a dozen men from Ballersdorf and the surrounding area tried to escape compulsory recruitment for the German armed forces or the deportation for forced labor in Germany by fleeing to Switzerland, they were caught at the border and three of them shot directly , 13 other men were executed in the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp on February 17, 1943, following their conviction by a military court in Strasbourg . The place was liberated on November 26th, 1944.
Originally a purely agricultural community, Ballersdorf now has a restaurant and a number of small businesses (car repair shop, television repairs, cabinet-making, etc.).
coat of arms
Description of the coat of arms : Three blue diagonal bars in gold , the upper one covered with three silver spheres .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
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| 600 | 602 | 617 | 659 | 642 | 719 | 851 | 824 |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 42-43.
Web links
- Ballersdorf on cc-porte-alsace.fr (French)