Franconia (Haut-Rhin)
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
| Canton | Altkirch | |
| Community association | Sundgau | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 36 ' N , 7 ° 21' E | |
| height | 326-432 m | |
| surface | 6.22 km 2 | |
| Residents | 349 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 56 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68130 | |
| INSEE code | 68096 | |
 Mairie and school in Franconia |
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Franconia is a French commune with 349 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the community association Sundgau .
geography
Franconia is located 17 kilometers west of Basel between Jettingen and Hundsbach . The D419 department road runs north of the village center . The Thalbach , a right tributary of the Ill, flows through the community .
history
The name of the place suggests a settlement of Franks in the Alamannic area in the Middle Ages. An original church was mentioned as early as 1144, it belonged to the parish of Hundsbach. Franconia was then called Franchon . In 1194 it was mentioned in another document as Francon .
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Franconia 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 .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Residents | 306 | 245 | 255 | 227 | 232 | 252 | 288 | 327 | 329 |
Attractions
Today's Saint-Georges church in Franconia was built in 1729. In the new building, parts of the old building were used, for example the portal of the sacristy and the side door of the nave , on the lintel of which the year 1701 is engraved. Renovation work was carried out in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The current watermill was built in the second half of the 18th century. An original mill was mentioned as early as 1629. Until 1931 the mill was owned by the same family of millers. Then she was abandoned. It is in very bad shape.
- Church of St. George in Franconia
South side of the church
West side of the church
economy
The main occupations in Franconia are agriculture and the breeding of domestic cattle and domestic pigs.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 50-54.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Francs on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
- ^ 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. 841, in Google Books , (French).
- ^ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Altkirch district
- ↑ Eglise paroissiale Saint-Georges à Franken ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
