Fessenheim

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Fessenheim
Coat of arms of Fessenheim
Fessenheim (France)
Fessenheim
region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton Ensisheim
Community association Pays Rhin-Brisach
Coordinates 47 ° 55 '  N , 7 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '  N , 7 ° 32'  E
height 201-215 m
surface 18.40 km 2
Residents 2,353 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 128 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 68740
INSEE code 68091
Website www.fessenheim.fr

Mairie Fessenheim

Fessenheim [ feseˈnɛɪm ], Alsatian Fàssene , is a French commune with 2353 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé , the canton of Ensisheim and was the seat of the Essor du Rhin municipal association .

geography

The municipality of Fessenheim is located about 25 kilometers northeast of Mulhouse on the Rhine side canal or on the Rhine and thus on the border with Germany .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 481 896 1,653 2.002 2,000 2,097 2,250 2,396

Buildings

St. Kolumba Church
Interior of the church
  • A barrage about twelve meters high on the Rhine canal (Grand Canal d'Alsace) provides the necessary height for the Fessenheim hydropower plant .
  • Above the hydropower plant, about one and a half kilometers southeast of the center of the village, is the oldest pile in France, the Fessenheim nuclear power plant ( Centrale nucléaire de Fessenheim ). It has two pressurized water reactors , the net output of which is 880 megawatts each , and was commissioned in 1978. The reactor block 1 was finally shut down on February 22nd, 2020 and reactor block 2 followed on June 30th, 2020. The nuclear reactor runs mainly on the German side, in the main wind direction prevailing here (from the southwest ( Burgundian gate ), to the northeast) because of frequent breakdowns and its location in an earthquake zone cause great concern and the demand for the fastest possible shutdown. With 2000 people, it is a major employer in the region.
  • A lock for inland navigation on the Rhine canal
  • The Alain-Foechterle-Erich-Dilger-Brücke , opened on May 20, 2006 , is a single-lane Rhine bridge to Germany to junction 64b of federal motorway 5 , to the German partner community Hartheim and the towns of Grißheim and Heitersheim
  • Since 1985 (private) museum Maison Schoelcher ; from June 7th, 2015 municipal museum Victor Schœlcher (see "Personalities")
  • Museum of the Hardt Museum

Community partnerships

Fessenheim maintains partnerships with the communities of Schœlcher in Martinique and Hartheim (since 1993) on the opposite bank of the Rhine in Breisgau.

Administration union

Fessenheim is a member of the cross- border local special purpose association Mittelhardt-Oberrhein , which promotes cross-border communal cooperation between municipalities in Alsace and Baden on the basis of the Karlsruhe Convention .

Personalities

  • Gregor Rippel (1681–1729), a Catholic theologian and clergyman, worked as a pastor and writer in Fessenheim and died .
  • Marc Schœlcher, the father of Victor Schœlcher (* July 22, 1804 in Paris (F), † December 25, 1893 in Houilles (F)) was born in Fessenheim: Victor Schœlcher enforced the liberation of slaves in the French colonies (anniversary April 27, 1848 ). A private Schœlcher Museum ( Maison Schoelcher ) had existed on site since around 1985 ; after its closure, the Victor Schœlcher Museum was established in a local half-timbered house from the 16th century (opening on June 7, 2015). Schœlcher is also honored in the Musée de la Hardt with exhibits related to his life's work.
  • The Protestant theologian and politician Theodor Schmidt (1867–1942) was born in Fessenheim.

See also

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 355-359.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ France's oldest Meiler. Fessenheim's breakdown nuclear power plant is running again with two reactors . Spon from April 4, 2018 (accessed April 4, 2018)
  2. ^ First Fessenheim reactor successfully shut down on February 22, 2020, accessed on February 22, 2020
  3. ↑ Badische Zeitung: Akw Fessenheim will finally go offline at the end of June 2020 from September 26, 2019, accessed on September 27, 2019
  4. ^ French nuclear power plant Fessenheim finally shut down on June 30, 2020, accessed on July 13, 2020
  5. ^ Dispute over the closure of problem nuclear power plants . Spon from March 8, 2016 (accessed April 4, 2018)
  6. ↑ http://www.gemeinde-eschbach.de/wirtschaftsstandort/glct_goez.php
  7. ↑ badische-zeitung.de , Hartheim , January 2, 2015, Otmar Faller: Against Slavery (June 5, 2015)
  8. ↑ Sunday , May 31, 2015, Annette Mahro: Fighters for Justice (June 5, 2015)
  9. ↑ badische-zeitung.de , Lokales, Hartheim , May 7, 2011, hcw: Commemoration of a fighter against slavery (May 7, 2011)