Bergholtz

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Bergholtz
Bergholtz coat of arms
Bergholtz (France)
Bergholtz
region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Thann-Guebwiller
Canton Guebwiller
Community association Region of Guebwiller
Coordinates 47 ° 55 '  N , 7 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '  N , 7 ° 15'  E
height 222-574 m
surface 4.24 km 2
Residents 1,078 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 254 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 68500
INSEE code 68029
Website http://www.bergholtz.fr/

Mairie Bergholtz

Bergholtz ( German  Bergholz ) is a French commune with 1078 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). She is a member of the Association of Municipalities Région de Guebwiller .

geography

View of Bergholtz on the edge of the Upper Rhine Plain

The village is located on the eastern edge of the Vosges in the Upper Rhine Plain , between the valley exits of Quierenbach and Lauch . The west of the community area is forested ( Forêt communale de Bergholtz ). The highest point is reached here on the eastern cliffs of the Oberlinger at 574 m above sea level. The distance to the cities of Colmar in the north and Mulhouse in the south is around 25 kilometers each.

The municipality of Bergholtz is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .

Bergholtz's neighboring communities are Bergholtzzell and Orschwihr in the north, Rouffach in the northeast, Gundolsheim in the east, Issenheim in the south and Guebwiller in the southwest.

history

The existence of the place since 680 is confirmed in a document from the Murbach monastery .

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Bergholtz belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Gebweiler district in the Upper Alsace district .

Population development

year 1910 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2017
Residents 539 543 567 526 834 920 1008 1068 1078

Attractions

Parish Church of St. Gallus
  • St. Gallus Church ( Église Saint-Gall ), built between 1759 and 1764

economy

Weinlage Spiegel above the village

Viticulture plays an important economic role; on the territory of the municipality is part of the Alsace Grand Cru wine cellar Spiegel , the other part of which is in the Guebwiller district. Accordingly, the place is on the Alsace Wine Route .

Community partnerships

Bergholtz has had a partnership with the Belgian municipality of Hotton in the Ardennes since 2000 .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 465-468.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 - Gebweiler district
  2. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved July 31, 2011 (French).

Web links

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