Hirschland
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Saverne | |
| Canton | Ingwiller | |
| Community association | Alsace Bossue | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 50 ' N , 7 ° 7' E | |
| height | 244-332 m | |
| surface | 10.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 324 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 30 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67320 | |
| INSEE code | 67201 | |
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Hirschland is a French commune with 324 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the canton of Ingwiller .
geography
Hirschland is located in Crooked Alsace , 54 kilometers northwest of Strasbourg , twelve kilometers northeast of Sarrebourg and seven kilometers southwest of the canton capital Drulingen , between the neighboring communities of Baerendorf in the west, Eschwiller in the northeast and Rauwiller in the south. The Isch flows through the municipality.
history
Hirschland was already settled in Gallo-Roman times (52 BC to the 5th century). In 1897 a villa rustica and a bas-relief were discovered. The relief is 1.57 centimeters high, 52 centimeters wide and 37 centimeters deep, it is called "Hercules of Drulingen" ( Hercule de Drulingen ) and is in the Archaeological Museum of Strasbourg ( Musée archéologique ).
The village was first mentioned in the 9th century as Hirselanden . It is believed that millet was preferred to be grown at that time . The dialect form of millet is deer . The municipal coat of arms shows a deer as a talking coat of arms . In the Middle Ages until the Reformation (1557), Hirschland was a place of pilgrimage for the veneration of Saint Adelphus (4th to 5th centuries). The place belonged to the county of Saar Werden and in 1527 came with this to the county of Saarbrücken . In the Thirty Years War , especially from 1629 to 1648, the village was devastated. Many families temporarily fled to Strasbourg.
After the Peace of Rijswijk in 1697, many Swiss settlers, especially from the Canton of Bern , settled in Hirschland. Around 1730 a wave of emigration began, many Hirschlanders emigrated to North America, especially to Pennsylvania , or to Eastern Europe. In 1745, Hirschland remained with the real division of the County of Saar Werden near Nassau-Saarbrücken and was subordinated to the Harskirchen Oberamt . In 1793 the village fell to France. In the course of the French Revolution it received the status of a municipality (as Herschland ) and in 1801 the right to local self-government (under the current place name). From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Hirschland belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Zabern in the district of Lower Alsace .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 577 | 291 | 332 | 329 | 284 | 286 | 340 | 319 | 324 |
coat of arms
Blazon : In silver, a striding red stag on a green shield base .
Attractions
The nave of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hirschland was built in 1755 according to the plans of the architect Friedrich Joachim Stengel (1694–1787). The bell tower of the church dates from the 16th century.
The upper and lower mills are two former grain mills . The lower mill was built in 1860 and was in operation until 1945. The upper mill was built in 1823 and was in operation as a mill until 1897, after which it was converted into a sawmill and a plant for crushing stones. It was in operation until 1965.
economy
Important occupations of the Hirschlandais are arable farming and the breeding of domestic cattle , domestic pigs and domestic horses . There is a dairy cooperative on site.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 328-330.
Web links
- Official website of Hirschland in French
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hirschland on annuaire-mairie.fr (French) Retrieved January 18, 2010
- ^ Émile Espérandieu , Raymond Lantier : Recueil general des bas-reliefs de la Gaule romaine . tape 5 . Imprimerie Nationale, Paris 1907, p. 489 ( archive.org [accessed January 18, 2010]). (French)
- ^ Dictionary of German-Lorraine dialects: deer
- ↑ Historique on hirschland.fr in French.
- ↑ Hirschland on Cassini.ehess.fr (French). Retrieved January 25, 2010
- ↑ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Zabern district
- ↑ Hirschland in the Base Mérimée des Ministère de la culture (French). Retrieved January 25, 2010
- ↑ Présentation - Hirschland (PDF document in French).