Bellefosse

Bellefosse
region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Molsheim
Canton	Dirty
Community association	Vallée de la Bruche
Coordinates	48 ° 24 '  N , 7 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 24 '  N , 7 ° 13'  E
height	529–1,091 m
surface	7.34 km 2
Residents	150 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	20 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	67130
INSEE code	67026
Mairie (Town Hall) in Bellefosse

Bellefosse (1915 officially German translation: Schöngrund ) is a French commune with 150 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vosges in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).

history

On April 1, 1974, Bellefosse merged with Waldersbach and Belmont to form the municipality of Le Ban-de-la-Roche . In 1975 Fouday also joined. The municipalities, which have been independent since January 1, 1992, are members of the Vallée de la Bruche municipal association .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	87	109	92	87	95	133	129	150

Attractions

• Château de la Roche (stone castle) , castle ruins (13th century)

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  Watercolor of the castle ruins Château de la Roche

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  Protestant Church

Community partnerships

Together with the other communities in the Steintal (Ban de la Roche), namely Belmont , Fouday , Neuviller-la-Roche , Rothau , Solbach , Wildersbach and Waldersbach , Neuviller maintains a partnership with the American town of Woolstock .

Personalities

• Louise Scheppler (1763–1837), pedagogue, closest collaborator to Pastor Johann Friedrich Oberlin

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , p. 1172.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ferdinand Mentz, Die Ortsnameverdeutschung in Elsaß-Lothringen , taken from: Journal of the General German Language Association, 31st year 1916, pp. 4–8 and 40–46 ( Memento from November 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Bellefosse on the INSEE page

Web links

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