Giromagny

Giromagny
region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Territoire de Belfort
Arrondissement	Belfort
Canton	Giromagny (main town)
Community association	Vosges du Sud
Coordinates	47 ° 45 ′  N , 6 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 45 ′  N , 6 ° 50 ′  E
height	452-800 m
surface	5.65 km 2
Residents	3,064 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	542 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	90200
INSEE code	90052
Website	giromagny.fr
Giromagny town hall from 1847/48

Giromagny ( German outdated Schermenei ) is a French commune with 3,064 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Territoire de Belfort department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region .

geography

The municipality of Giromagny is located in the Savoureuse valley at the foot of the Vosges , about twelve kilometers north of Belfort and nine kilometers south of the Alsatian Belchen . The municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .

history

In 1347 the place was first mentioned as Gut Rosemont when it passed to the Habsburgs . For a long time the farming village was administered by the neighboring village of Vescemont and belonged to the parish of Rougegoutte . The place gained in importance since the 16th century, as the Habsburg administration made it the place of jurisdiction for the mines in Alsace and Sundgau in 1561 . Since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Giromagny has finally belonged to France and has been the capital of the canton of the same name since 1790 . In 1791 Rosemont was confiscated and - after the revolution - its mines were nationalized.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	3181	3171	3393	3577	3226	3300	3259	3064

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Giromagny

• Catholic church Saint-Jean-Baptiste (St. John the Baptist ), rebuilt in 1862 on the site of a church built in 1569 by miners from Saxony , Tyrol , the Black Forest , Alsace and Switzerland . The parish belongs to the diocese of Belfort-Montbéliard .
• The small Protestant community of Giromagny has its own chapel in Saint-Luc.
• Fort de Giromagny , built in 1874-1879, to the outer works of the firm position Belfort belonging
• Mining museum Le Musée de la mine , with exhibits from the 15th to the 19th centuries
• Maison Mazarin (16th century)
• 14 fountains and lavoirs , including the 18th century memorial fountain for the unification of Alsace with France in 1648 ( Monument historique since 1916)

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  Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

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  Interior of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

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  Lutheran Church

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  Lavoir

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  Fort de Giromagny

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  Memorial fountain

Town twinning

Since June 7, 1975 there has been a town partnership with the Bavarian city of Schwabmünchen .

Personalities

• André Warnod (1885–1960 in Paris), French art critic, writer and draftsman, was born in Giromagny.
• Louis Lucien Lepoix (1918–1998 in Baden-Baden), French industrial designer, was born in Giromagny.
• Maurice Feltin, who later became the cardinal and archbishop of Paris, was a Catholic pastor here from 1919 to 1925 .

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Territoire de Belfort. Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-037-X , pp. 168-173.

Web links

Commons : Giromagny  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality with a map
• History of Giromagny (German)
• Fort Dorsner on esiblote.club.fr
• Fort Dorsner on cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr
• Verschneider organ from 1873 in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

proof

1. ↑ Monuments historiques