Blotzheim

Blotzheim
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
Canton	Saint-Louis
Community association	Saint-Louis agglomeration
Coordinates	47 ° 36 ' N , 7 ° 30' E Coordinates: 47 ° 36 ' N , 7 ° 30' E
height	242-323 m
surface	14.60 km 2
Residents	4,526 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	310 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68730
INSEE code	68042
Website	www.blotzheim.fr
	; Local government (Mairie)

Blotzheim (Alsatian Blohze ) is a French commune with 4526 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on the edge of the Sundgau , which belongs to the canton of Saint-Louis in the arrondissement of Mulhouse in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).

location

The place is between Mulhouse in the northwest (about 24 km) and Basel (Switzerland) in the southeast (just under 10 km). Basel-Mulhouse Airport is located on the eastern edge of Blotzheim . Since the transfer of the district of Neuweg (La Chaussée) to the city of Saint-Louis in 1958 , the airport is no longer in the municipality of Blotzheim.

history

The place is first mentioned in a document from 728 under the name Flobestesheim as the property of the Murbach monastery . From the 13th to the 17th century, the village belonged to the Habsburg Front Austria , after which it came to France and shared the history of Alsace . From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Blotzheim belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Mulhouse in the district of Upper Alsace .

From 1915 on, the community owned a train station on the Waldighoffen – Saint-Louis-la-Chaussée line . This comprised three sidings and a loading siding. Passenger traffic was discontinued in 1955. Freight trains ran from Saint-Louis to Blotzheim until 1992.

In the village is the Blotzheim Castle from 1730, the previous building of which was owned by Georg Christoph von Taupadel . The Glutz von Blotzheim family and a side branch of the Salomon family were once wealthy here.

Population development

year	1910	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007
Residents	2,554	1,951	2.110	2,353	2,340	3,090	3,564	3,785

coat of arms

Description of the coat of arms : In silver, a black paw cross hovers over a black triangular frame.

Attractions

Notre-Dame du Chêne, as historique monument classified
Church of St. Leodegar ( Église Saint-Léger )
Hôtel de ville, until 1986 the town hall (Mairie), today the municipality's house for festive occasions