Dambach-la-Ville
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Bas-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein | |
Canton | Obernai | |
Community association | Pays de Barr | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 19 ′ N , 7 ° 26 ′ E | |
height | 164-662 m | |
surface | 28.83 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,201 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 76 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 67650 | |
INSEE code | 67084 | |
Website | http://www.dambach-la-ville.fr/ | |
View of Dambach-la-Ville |
Dambach-la-Ville (German Dambach ) is a French commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It is located in the arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein , about ten kilometers north of Sélestat . Dambach-la-Ville is located on the Alsace Wine Route and today describes itself as a "medieval wine town". The single vineyard Frankstein belongs to the vineyards of the Alsace Grand Cru appellation .
history
In the 11th century Dambach was elevated to the status of a town, and in the 14th century it was expanded into a fortified bishopric.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War Dambach-la-Ville belonged as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine to the German Empire and was assigned to the Schlettstadt district in the Lower Alsace district .
Population development
1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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2355 | 2035 | 2051 | 2039 | 1907 | 1800 | 1973 | 1930 | 2016 |
Attractions
- Saint-Sébastien chapel with ossuary
- Notre-Dame chapel
- Field Chapel St-Jean-Baptiste
- Amber castle ruins
- town hall
- Town center with half-timbered houses and Renaissance buildings
Personalities
- Théophile Bader (1864–1942), co-founder of the Galeries Lafayette department store
- Léon Kann (1859–1925), sculptor
- Jean-Évangéliste Zaepffel (1735–1808), 1st Bishop of Liège after the French Revolution
Twin cities
View of Dambach; Engraving by Matthäus Merian , ca.1644
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 53-59.
- Dambach-la-Ville . In: Topographia Alsatiae ( Matthäus Merian )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schlettstadt district . In: Municipal directory Germany 1900