Henflingen
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| local community | Illtal | |
| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 34 ' N , 7 ° 17' E | |
| Post Code | 68960 | |
| Former INSEE code | 68133 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Former town hall (Mairie) |
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Henflingen is a former French commune with 210 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region . The community belonged to the arrondissement Altkirch and the canton Hirsingue .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former communities of Grentzingen , Henflingen and Oberdorf were merged to form Commune nouvelle Illtal .
geography
Henflingen is located in eastern France on the upper Ill in Sundgau , 117 kilometers southwest of Strasbourg , the capital of the region, about 24 kilometers west of the Swiss city of Basel and about 8 kilometers southeast of Altkirch , the seat of the sub-prefecture of the arrondissement, on a middle Height of 344 meters above sea level . Henflingen's neighbors are Bettendorf in the northwest, Willer in the northeast and Grentzingen in the south.
Henflingen is assigned to a type Cfb (according to Köppen and Geiger) climate zone : warm, moderate rainy climate (C), fully humid (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.
history
In 1965, during archaeological excavations, the bronze hand of a statue from the Gallo-Roman period was found.
The Saint-Morand priory in Altkirch owned a Dinghof in Henflingen in the Middle Ages . The village itself, however, belonged to the Seigneurie Altkirch, which in turn belonged to the county of Pfirt until 1324 , to the Holy Roman Empire under the leadership of the Habsburgs until 1648 , and finally to the kings of France. There used to be a leper colony in Henflingen.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
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| Residents | 106 | 116 | 121 | 130 | 135 | 173 | 190 |
coat of arms
The coat of arms is in red with a silver linnet turned left . The metallic color silver is represented in white in heraldry. It is a talking coat of arms .
Culture and sights
Henflingen is represented with a flower in the Conseil national des villes et villages fleuris (National Council of Flowered Cities and Villages). The "flowers" are awarded in the course of a regional competition, whereby a maximum of three flowers can be achieved.
The former Mairie (mayor's office) and school building in Henflingen was built in 1845. On the main street of the municipality there is a cross from 1728 with a bas-relief depicting Saint Martin of Tours on a horse. It is privately owned.
economy
The main occupations in Henflingen are agriculture , feed production and the breeding of domestic cattle , domestic pigs and edible mushrooms . Grain and fodder beet are especially grown.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 564-565.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le village de Henflingen. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved November 12, 2011 (French).
- ^ Charles Auguste Hanauer: Les Paysans de l'Alsace au Moyen-Age. Etude sur les Cours Colongères de l'Alsace . Durand, Paris 1865, p. 29 ( in Google Books [accessed January 15, 2010]). (French).
- ↑ a b DES LIEUX OÙ SE TROUVAIENT DES LEPROSERIES (French) Accessed February 2010
- ↑ Henflingen on the INSEE site ( 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.
- ↑ Base de données, armoiries du Haut-Rhin '. In: cdhf.net. Center Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, accessed on November 12, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Henflingen, Palmarès des communes labellisées ( 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) Retrieved September 13, 2012
- ^ Henflingen in Base Mérimée (French) Retrieved on February 28, 2010
- ^ Henflingen in Base Palissy (French) Retrieved on February 28, 2010
