Betschdorf
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
| Canton | Wissembourg | |
| Community association | Outre-Forêt | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 54 ' N , 7 ° 54' E | |
| height | 114-210 m | |
| surface | 28.11 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,161 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 148 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67660 | |
| INSEE code | 67339 | |
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Betschdorf is a French commune with 4161 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Alsatian department Bas-Rhin in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
history
Betschdorf historically consisted of two villages Niederbetschdorf and Oberbetschdorf . The present-day community came into being when the villages of Kuhlendorf , Reimerswiller and Schwabwiller were incorporated on July 1, 1972 .
Economy and Transport
Betschdorf has made a name for itself through its local pottery .
A railway line that is no longer in operation today ends at Rue de la Gare . A cycle path has been set up on the disused railway line that connects Betschdorf with Surbourg .
Industry and small businesses have settled in Betschdorf . Pilz GmbH & Co. KG is based in automation technology .
Pottery tradition
At the beginning of the 18th century , stoneware potters from the Kannenbäckerland in the Westerwald settled in Betschdorf. They obtained the required raw materials clay and wood from the neighboring Hagenau Forest .
As was the case a thousand years ago in China , clay is still shaped by hand on turntables . The dried crockery is provided with a scratched decor and painted in cobalt blue . In the last step, the goods are fired and salt glazed at 1250 degrees .
In the Middle Ages, this technique came to Europe . In 1734 Peter Wingerter and Johannes Krummeich from the Westerwald opened the first pottery workshops in Betschdorf. At the end of the 18th century there were already 20 potteries in Betschdorf. After the French Revolution , more pottery craftsmen settled here, including Remmy , Schmitter and Burger .
Today there are still five pottery companies in Betschdorf that offer the blue-gray salt- glazed pottery as decorative goods.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
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| 2757 | 2848 | 3038 | 3371 | 3628 | 3727 | 4001 | 4161 |
See also
literature
- Fritz Eyer: The territory of the Lords of Lichtenberg 1202-1480. Investigations into the property, the rule and the politics of domestic power of a noble family from the Upper Rhine . In: Writings of the Erwin von Steinbach Foundation . 2nd edition, unchanged in the text, by an introduction extended reprint of the Strasbourg edition, Rhenus-Verlag, 1938. Volume 10 . Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1985, ISBN 3-922923-31-3 (268 pages).
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1258-1262.
Web links
- Official website
- Just make it blue - the pottery trade in Betschdorf ( Die Rheinpfalz from July 15, 2017)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eyer, p. 239.