Emlingen

Emlingen
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Altkirch
Canton	Altkirch
Community association	Sundgau
Coordinates	47 ° 37 ′  N , 7 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 37 ′  N , 7 ° 17 ′  E
height	286-376 m
surface	2.42 km 2
Residents	287 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	119 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68130
INSEE code	68080
Mairie Emlingen

Emlingen is a French commune with 287 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin département in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the canton of Altkirch and the Sundgau municipal association .

geography

Emlingen is located between Wittersdorf in the west and Tagsdorf in the east, four kilometers east of Altkirch and 14 kilometers southwest of Mulhouse on the D419, called Route de Bâle , in Sundgau . The Thalbach , a tributary of the Ill, flows through the municipality .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1304, the place name is composed of the Germanic name " Emilo " and the place name ending -ingen , which suggests that the place was founded as part of the Franconian conquest . Archaeological finds of burial sites from the Merovingian period (5th to 8th centuries) support this thesis.

The Saint-Morand priory in Altkirch owned a Dinghof in Emlingen in the Middle Ages . The village itself, however, belonged to the Seigneurie Altkirch, which in turn belonged to the Counts of Pfirt until 1324 , to the Holy Roman Empire under the leadership of the Habsburgs until 1648 , and finally to the kings of France. In 1793, during the French Revolution , Emlingen received the status of a municipality and in 1801 the right to local self-government.

From 1871 to the end of the First World War (1914-1918) Emlingen belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Altkirch district in the Upper Alsace district . The village was evacuated during the First World War.

Population development

year	1910	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	201	160	178	177	171	227	271	241	287

Attractions

St. Odilie's Chapel

The Sainte- Odile chapel , which is also consecrated to Saint Fridolin von Säckingen , was built in 1759. It belongs to the parish of Wittersdorf.

economy

From the 19th century until 1953 there was a limestone quarry and a lime kiln on site. Today the main branches of business in Emlingen are trade, transport, various services, public administration and agriculture ( arable farming and the breeding of domestic cattle ). Most of the employed are commuters and work away from home.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , p. 50.

Web links

Commons : Emlingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ernest Nègre : Toponymie générale de la France . Volume 2: Formations non-romanes, formations dialectales (= Publications romanes et françaises. Vol. 194). 2nd day. Librairie Droz, Geneva 1996, ISBN 2-600-00133-6 , p. 779 ( in Google Books , accessed January 15, 2010), (French).
2. ^ Robert Specklin: Problèmes de geographie historique en Alsace mérovingienne (500-700) . Ed .: Revue Géographique de l'Est. 1985 (French, cf. p. 399 f. On persee.fr [accessed on March 28, 2015]).
3. ^ Charles Auguste Hanauer: Les Paysans de l'Alsace au Moyen-Age. Etude sur les Cours Colongères de l'Alsace . Durand, Paris 1865, p. 29 (French, in Google Books [accessed January 15, 2010]).
4. ^ Emlingen on Cassini.ehess.fr (French) Retrieved January 15, 2010.
5. ^ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Altkirch district
6. ^ Emlingen in Base Mérimée (French) Retrieved January 15, 2010.
7. ↑ Emlingen - Dossier complet on insee.fr in French, accessed on March 27, 2015, cf. Section Chiffres clés Caractéristiques des entreprises et des établissements .