Bosselshausen
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Saverne | |
| Canton | Bouxwiller | |
| Community association | Hanau-La Petite Pierre | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 48 ' N , 7 ° 31' E | |
| height | 179-238 m | |
| surface | 3.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 166 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 50 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67330 | |
| INSEE code | 67057 | |
Bosselshausen is a French commune with 166 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Alsatian department of Bas-Rhin in the Grand Est region .
history
Description of coat of arms : A continuous black cross in silver .
middle Ages
The name "Bosselshausen" is derived from the words "Boswald" - that means an "evil forest " - and " house ". The village was in the Buchsweiler office , which was created at the beginning of the 14th century as an office of the Lichtenberg rule . The village belonged to the "original stock" of the Lichtenberg family , which was already in their hands at the beginning of the 13th century, as an allod . Around 1330 there was a first division of land between Johann II. Von Lichtenberg , from the older line of the house, and Ludwig III. from Lichtenberg . Bosselshausen fell into the part of the property that was managed by the older line in the future.
Anna von Lichtenberg (* 1442; † 1474), daughter of Ludwig V. von Lichtenberg (* 1417; † 1474), and one of two heirs with claims to the rule, married Count Philip I the Elder of Hanau-Babenhausen in 1458 (* 1417; † 1480). He had received a small secondary school from the holdings of the County of Hanau in order to be able to marry her. The county of Hanau-Lichtenberg came into being through the marriage . After the death of the last Lichtenberger, Jakob von Lichtenberg , an uncle of Anna, Philipp I. d. Ä. 1480 half of the Lichtenberg rule. The other half went to his brother-in-law, Simon IV. Wecker von Zweibrücken-Bitsch . The Buchsweiler office - and thus also Bosselshausen - belonged to the part of Hanau-Lichtenberg that Anna's descendants inherited.
Modern times
Count Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1514–1590), after taking office in 1538, consistently carried out the Reformation in his county, which now became Lutheran .
With France's reunification policy under King Louis XIV , the Buchsweiler office came under French sovereignty. Around 1720 the place was called "Posselshus" in French. After the death of the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III. In 1736, Hanau-Lichtenberg - and with it the office of Buchsweiler - fell to the son of his only daughter, Charlotte , Landgrave Ludwig (IX) of Hesse-Darmstadt . With the upheaval started by the French Revolution , Bosselshausen became French.
On March 1, 1974, Bosselshausen merged with the neighboring community of Kirrwiller . Since January 1st 2007, both localities are again independent municipalities.
Population development
| year | 1798 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 184 | 191 | 170 | 157 | 163 | 172 | 179 | 174 | 166 |
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).
- Alfred Matt: Bailliages, prévôté et fiefs ayant fait partie de la Seigneurie de Lichtenberg, du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg, du Landgraviat de Hesse-Darmstadt . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (Eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 7-9.
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, 2 volumes, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 .
