Buswiller
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Bas-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Saverne | |
Canton | Bouxwiller | |
Community association | Hanau-La Petite Pierre | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 49 ′ N , 7 ° 34 ′ E | |
height | 199-275 m | |
surface | 2.30 km 2 | |
Residents | 274 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 119 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 67350 | |
INSEE code | 67068 | |
Staircase at the "Jacob-Hof" 1900–1910 |
Buswiller ( German : Büsweiler ) is a French commune with 274 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). On August 26, 1961, the spelling was changed from Bueswiller to Buswiller .
history
middle Ages
The place was first mentioned in 784 in a document from the Weißenburg monastery with the name "Buusso vilare".
In 1453 a document states that the village of Büsweiler has belonged to the Lichtenberg rule "since ancient times" . It was an allod . Due to the acquisition of territory in the 14th century, the Ingweiler and Buchsweiler authorities, which had become too extensive, had to be reorganized at the beginning of the 15th century . Among other things, the Pfaffenhofen office was spun off and made independent, to which Büsweiler also belonged.
Anna von Lichtenberg (* 1442; † 1474), one of the two heirlooms of Ludwig V von Lichtenberg (* 1417; † 1474) married Count Philip I the Elder of Hanau-Babenhausen (* 1417; † 1480), one of them had received a small secondary school from the inventory of the County of Hanau in order to be able to get married. 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 Pfaffenhofen office with Büsweiler also belonged to this half.
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 .
As a result of France's reunion policy in 1680, considerable parts of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Alsace fell under the sovereignty of France . This also included the Pfaffenhofen Office. At the beginning of the 18th century, the village left the Lichtenberg rule.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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192 | 201 | 170 | 169 | 189 | 170 | 201 | 274 |
economy
Important branches of business are small businesses and agriculture with arable and viticulture.
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).
- 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, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 194-195.