Biederthal
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
| Canton | Altkirch | |
| Community association | Sundgau | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 28 ' N , 7 ° 27' E | |
| height | 375-530 m | |
| surface | 4.16 km 2 | |
| Residents | 317 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 76 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68480 | |
| INSEE code | 68035 | |
 Mairie Biederthal |
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Biederthal is a French commune with 317 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Alsatian department of Haut-Rhin in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Altkirch , the canton Altkirch and is a member of the Association of Municipalities Sundgau .
geography
The village of Biedertal is 15 kilometers southwest of Basel city center, between the Swiss communities Rodersdorf and Burg im Leimental . The municipality of Biederthal is surrounded by Swiss territory in the north, east and south. The Birsig , which rises in the neighboring Wolschwiller , flows canalised under the name Börsegraben northwest of the village center.
history
In 1141 the place was called Biederdan according to documents and was an estate in the county of Pfirt , which belonged to the noble free von Biederthan. The lords of Ratolsdorf ( Rodersdorf in the canton of Solothurn), documented since 1197, branched off from the Biederthan . The Lords of Blauenstein are also a branch of the noble free von Biederthal, and the Lords of Rotberg (at Rotberg Castle , Canton Solothurn) branched off from the Ratolsdorfern . All genders had similar coats of arms.
In 1324 Biederthal passed to the Habsburgs. Until the middle of the 15th century, the Lords of Rotberg were able to take possession of the Leuhausen farm in Biederthal, along with other estates (Rodersdorf, Blauenstein Castle in Kleinlützel ). In 1580 the place went to the Barons Reich von Reichenstein . They built a castle and a castle estate, which they owned until 1857.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Biederthal belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Altkirch district in the Upper Alsace district .
coat of arms
Description of the coat of arms : An eight-pointed golden star in blue .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 256 | 221 | 228 | 221 | 209 | 232 | 308 | 348 | 317 |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 390-391.
Web links
- Biederthal on ccja-jura-alsacien.net (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Julius Kindler von Knobloch : The old nobility in Upper Alsace . Berlin 1882, pp. 12-13 online at the Göttingen University Library
- ^ Kindler von Knobloch: The old nobility in Upper Alsace . Berlin 1882, pp. 69-70 online at the Göttingen University Library
- ↑ Werner Meyer: Blauenstein, from. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ^ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Altkirch district