Bar-sur-Aube
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Aube | |
| Arrondissement | Bar-sur-Aube | |
| Canton | Bar-sur-Aube | |
| Community association | Region of Bar-sur-Aube | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 14 ' N , 4 ° 42' E | |
| height | 156-348 m | |
| surface | 16.27 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,902 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 301 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 10200 | |
| INSEE code | 10033 | |
Bar-sur-Aube is a French commune with 4902 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) and the capital of the eponymous arrondissement of Bar-sur-Aube in the Aube department (named after the river Aube ) in the Grand Est region . The inhabitants are called Baralbins . Paris is 207 kilometers away, Troyes 52 kilometers.
history
Ancient to early modern times
The place has been populated at least since the younger Iron Age ( La Tène culture ). In the municipality a coining was found that the name of the Lingones chief carries Togirix. In late antiquity, Bar was ravaged by the Huns and belonged to Austrasia after the division of the Franks . Coins with the name of the place have survived from the reign of Charles the Bald . Under the Counts of Champagne , Bar was an important trading center due to its role as the location of an important champagne fair in the High and Late Middle Ages , which was ended by a plague epidemic in 1636 .
19th century
During the revolution, Bar was the main town in the district from 1790 to 1800.
In 1814 the later first German Emperor Wilhelm I of Prussia accompanied his father as captain in the persecution of Napoleon and acquired the Iron Cross in recognition of the Battle of Bar-sur-Aube .
In 1862 the city's fortifications were razed .
During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, the armies, initially under the commanders-in-chief Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke and François-Achille Bazaine , fought each other near Bar-sur-Aube with numerous deaths on both sides.
20th century
During the First World War , General Joseph Joffre took his headquarters from September 1 to 4, 1914 in the École Communale de Garçons in Bar-sur-Aube . From the first day of the Battle of the Marne , his headquarters were in Châtillon-sur-Seine . In 1918, the US Army built and operated a military training area in Bar-sur-Aube to train and train US soldiers for the planned offensives .
From May 31 to June 23, 1940, during the French campaign , the 7th Infantry Division marched through Bar-sur-Aube.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 4801 | 6008 | 7265 | 6943 | 6707 | 6261 | 5345 | 4902 |
Attractions
- Town hall. Former Ursuline monastery from the 17th century.
- Cellier (cellar) of the monks from the 12th century. This house was an old residence of the monks of the Clairvaux monastery .
- Library from the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Saint-Pierre church, Burgundian early Gothic from the 12th century with its Halloy, a wooden gallery around the church building that used to be a sales room for the traders.
- Saint-Maclou church from the 12th and 14th centuries. Its church tower is the remnant of a castle of the Comtes, which was destroyed on the orders of Henry IV .
- Saint-Jean Chapel of the Order of Saint-Jean.
traffic
The municipality has a train station on the Paris – Mulhouse line , which is served by TER Champagne-Ardenne and Intercités trains.
Personalities
- around 1150, Gottfried von Villehardouin (French: Geoffroy de Villehardouin ), knight and chronicler of the Fourth Crusade
- Bertran de Bar-sur-Aube , one of the first authors of Old French epic known by name
- 1874, Steve Bloomer , † 1938 in Paris, well-known football player in England before the First World War. He scored 28 goals in 23 games.
- 1884, Gaston Bachelard , † 1962 in Paris, French philosopher
- 1975, Marinette Pichon , national soccer player and - like Bloomer - successful goalscorer
Personalities
- Gaston Bachelard , philosopher
- Maurice Emmanuel , musicologist, music teacher and composer
Twin town
- Gernsheim (Germany), since 1976
Street names in Germany
The Barstrasse in Berlin , Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf , district Wilmersdorf leads from Brandenburgische Strasse on Fehrbelliner Platz to Mecklenburgische Strasse and commemorates the battle of February 27, 1814 during the wars of liberation near Bar-sur-Aube between Napoléon I and the main Allied army under Karl Philipp Prince of Schwarzenberg .
The Barer Strasse in Munich , Maxvorstadt recalls these events.
In the twin town of Gernsheim there is also a Promenade de Bar sur Aube.
