Drachenbronn-Birlenbach
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
| Canton | Wissembourg | |
| Community association | Pays de Wissembourg | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 59 ′ N , 7 ° 52 ′ E | |
| height | 157-310 m | |
| surface | 7.13 km 2 | |
| Residents | 762 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 107 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67160 | |
| INSEE code | 67104 | |
| Website | http://www.drachenbronn-birlenbach.fr/ | |
Drachenbronn-Birlenbach is a French commune with 762 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on the east side of the Vosges in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
history
The first written mention of Drachenbronn comes from the year 1298. The neighboring village of Birlenbach and Drachenbronn are ascribed to the Lord of Rappoltstein (today: Ribeaupierre ). The village was then called Trachenburg, a name that goes back to the colonization of the Franks in the 8th century.
In 1554 the Fleckenstein family in Drachenbronn decreed the Reformation . In 1720 - after the von Fleckenstein family died out - the village became the property of Goellnitz, then in the middle of the 17th century it was owned by Wrede and von Esebeck . During the revolution, Drachenbronn was incorporated into the Soultz sous Forêts district.
Up until the 1920s, Drachenbronn was best known for its cherries and chestnuts . From 1929, the Ouvrage du Hochwald , a large artillery plant of the Maginot Line , was built northeast of the village . The plant consists of a system of tunnels and underground combat stalls and an anti-tank ditch . A camp was set up on the parish grounds; it later became the military settlement.
During the Second World War , the population was evacuated from September 1939 to September 1940 to Bessines in the Haute-Vienne department .
See also
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1262-1264.
