Geispitzen
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Mulhouse | |
| Canton | Brunstatt | |
| Community association | Saint-Louis agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 40 ′ N , 7 ° 25 ′ E | |
| height | 246-333 m | |
| surface | 6.02 km 2 | |
| Residents | 449 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 75 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68510 | |
| INSEE code | 68103 | |
 Municipal administration and multi-purpose hall |
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Geispitzen is a French commune with 449 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the canton of Brunstatt and the Saint-Louis Agglomération community association .
geography
Geispitzen is located in Sundgau at an altitude of 246 to 333 meters above sea level , 18 kilometers northwest of Basel , 14 kilometers southeast of Mulhouse , nine kilometers southeast of Rixheim and three kilometers northwest of the canton capital of Sierentz , between the neighboring communities of Schlierbach in the northwest and Waltenheim in the southeast. The municipal area covers 6.02 square kilometers. In the east, the municipality has a share in the Forêt Domaniale de la Hardt .
history
The municipality has been populated since the Neolithic Age. It was discovered in the municipality from Gallo-Roman times , including the remains of the Roman road from Kembs (Cambete) to Besançon (Vesonito) .
Geispitzen was first mentioned in a document in 1276 as Geispotzheim . The village belonged to the Seigneurie von Landser , which in turn belonged to the Habsburgs since the 13th century . Geispitz suffered from military conflicts between Basel and the Holy Roman Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries . Two main building periods can be identified, towards the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century after the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648).
In 1793 Geispitzen (as Geispitz ) received in the course of the French Revolution (1789–1799) the status of a municipality and in 1801 the right to local self-government. In 1871 the community was incorporated into the German Empire due to changes in territory due to the course of the Franco-German War (1870–1871) . After the First World War (1914-1918) it fell back to France.
During the Second World War (1939-1945) parts of the village were destroyed.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 298 | 303 | 306 | 395 | 441 | 418 | 412 | 449 |
Attractions
The parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste ( John the Baptist ) was 1807 instead of a chapel built in Saint-Germain from the 14th century. The bell tower was enlarged in 1925, and in 1927 the tower was given a hipped roof . Restoration work was carried out in 1954, 1955 and 1976. In 1978 the tower was given a new gable roof. Of the original church furnishings, only the choir stalls from the Lützel monastery have been preserved . Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church In 1807 the associated pastorate was also built. It was sold in 1960 and is now privately owned.
The former Mairie (mayor's office), which also served as a school, was built around 1900. In 1986 a new Mairie was built and since then the building has only been used as a school.
The town's tithe barn was built in 1598. In 1980 it was converted into a ballroom. It is privately owned.
In Geispitzen there are still some residential buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries. The door of house no.11 is crowned with a Renaissance arch, and above the door of house no.25 from 1608 you can see a plaque with the professions of the original inhabitants.
Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
Fountain
War memorial
economy
Important occupations of the residents are agriculture and the breeding of domestic cattle .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 1115-1116.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geispitzen on annuaire-mairie.fr (French) Retrieved on February 26, 2010
- ↑ VR25 on Itinéraires romains en France (French) Retrieved on February 26, 2010
- ↑ Geispitzen on quid.fr ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) Retrieved February 2010
- ↑ a b c Geispitzen in Base Mérimée (French) Retrieved on February 26, 2010
- ↑ Geispitzen on cassini.ehess.fr (French) Retrieved February 26, 2010
- ↑ Annuaire des commerçants von Geispitzen on the website of the La Communauté de Communes du Pays de Sierentz ( Memento of the original of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in French.
