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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Saverne | |
| Canton | Ingwiller | |
| Community association | Alsace Bossue | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 54 ' N , 7 ° 12' E | |
| height | 248–338 m | |
| surface | 4.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 412 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 87 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67320 | |
| INSEE code | 67111 | |
Durstel ( German : Dürstel ) is a French commune with 412 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department and the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
geography
Durstel is located in Crooked Alsace and has a share in the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve .
history
The oldest surviving mention of Durstel comes from 1331. It belonged to the Büttelei Uffheim . In the two divisions of the Lichtenberg rule , which took place around 1330 and 1335, Durstel is mentioned as part of this rule . It is the part of the country of the "middle line", the descendants of Ludwig III. von Lichtenberg , assigned. In 1396, the village was left in full or in part to the Lords of Finstingen as pledge for the dowry on the occasion of the marriage of Adelheid von Lichtenberg, daughter of Johann IV. Von Lichtenberg , with Johann von Finstingen . It later came to Nassau-Saarbrücken and was only triggered again in 1544 under the successors of the Lichtenbergers, the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg .
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Durstel belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Zabern district in the Lower Alsace district .
Population development
| 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| 398 | 372 | 375 | 442 | 423 | 431 | 394 | 400 | 412 |
coat of arms
Description of the coat of arms : Split twice in gold, red and silver.
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).
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 322-323.
Web links
- Durstel at the Communauté de communes d'Alsace Bossue (French)