Blodelsheim
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Haut-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
Canton | Ensisheim | |
Community association | Pays Rhin-Brisach | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 53 ' N , 7 ° 32' E | |
height | 205-219 m | |
surface | 20.69 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,957 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 95 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 68740 | |
INSEE code | 68041 | |
Mairie Blodelsheim |
Blodelsheim is a French commune with 1957 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region ( Alsace until 2015 ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé , the canton Ensisheim and the municipality of Essor du Rhin .
geography
The community lies in the Rhine valley between Fessenheim and Rumersheim-le-Haut . In the east, the Rhine canal runs through the municipality, while the state border between France and Germany runs in the Old Rhine .
Until 1920, Blodelsheim also had a district on the right bank of the Rhine, since the boundaries of the district had not yet been adapted to the Rhine straightened by Johann Gottfried Tulla .
history
The place was first mentioned in the 9th century under the name Flatolvesheim , 1064 as Bladolvesheim , 1272 as Bladoltzheim , 1441 as Blodoltzheim and since 1580 under the current name.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Blodelsheim 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 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 908 | 942 | 980 | 1,125 | 1,198 | 1,318 | 1,410 | 1,618 | 1,957 |
Administration union
Blodelsheim is a member of the cross- border local special purpose association Mittelhardt-Oberrhein , which promotes cross-border communal cooperation between municipalities in Alsace and Baden on the basis of the Karlsruhe Convention .
coat of arms
Description of the coat of arms : Two silver burning candles in red over a silver wave bar .
Attractions
The church of Saint-Blaise (St. Blasius) from 1731 has been equipped with a listed organ by Johann Andreas Silbermann since 1779 . There are numerous half-timbered houses in the village, including the old hospital.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 341-343.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Gebweiler district
- ↑ http://www.gemeinde-eschbach.de/wirtschaftsstandort/glct_goez.php