Dornach (Mulhouse)

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Location of Dornach within Mulhouse

Dornach is a district of Mulhouse in the French region of Grand Est (until 2015 Alsace ). The formerly independent town of Dornach was incorporated into Mulhouse in 1914, at the time of the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine .

Dornach, which belongs to the inner city area of ​​Mulhouse, is traversed by the Doller , which was canalized in the 19th century.

history

Finds from the Neolithic were discovered in the area of ​​Dornach .

Alamanni settled in the period of the Great Migration .

In the Middle Ages the place belonged to the Murbach Monastery .

Population development

Dollfus-Mieg company premises (foreground)
  • 1764: 160
  • 1789: 500
  • 1813: 900
  • 1851: 3000
  • 1913: 11.234

economy

In the 19th century the textile industry developed very quickly in Dornach with the well-known companies: Blech-Fries, Dollfus-Mieg et Cie, Hofer and Schlumberger.

  • St. Bartholomew Church

  • reformed Church

  • Church of St. Francis

  • Chapel of St. Luke

Personalities

Others

In 1926, Dornacher Strasse in Berlin-Biesdorf was named after this district of Mulhouse.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dornacher Strasse in Kaupert's street guide through Berlin

Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 49.6 "  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 32.8"  E