Hochfelden (Bas-Rhin)

Hochfelden
region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Bouxwiller
Community association	Pays de la Zorn
Coordinates	48 ° 46 ′ N , 7 ° 34 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ N , 7 ° 34 ′ E
height	155-222 m
surface	15.76 km 2
Residents	3,987 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	253 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	67270
INSEE code	67202
Website	www.hochfelden.fr

Gothic pilgrimage chapel St. Wendelin

Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville )

Thoroughfare Rue du général Lebocq

Hochfelden is a French commune with 3987 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It is the administrative seat of the Communauté de communes du Pays de la Zorn . On January 1, 2015, the municipality moved from the Arrondissement Strasbourg-Campagne to the Arrondissement Saverne .

history

Hochfelden is mentioned for the first time in 816 under the name Hocfeldis . The spellings Hoffelden and Hochfeld are also found later .

Until the Jews were exiled to southern France in 1940, Hochfelden had a Jewish community. There was a synagogue in Hochfelden since 1841. At that time the church had over 200 members.

On July 13, 1941, the eve of the French national holiday , around 200 young people demonstrated against the occupation by National Socialist Germany by demonstratively parade in front of the French national flag, singing the Marseillaise . In the following days, 108 of them were arrested by the Gestapo and taken to the Vorbruck-Schirmeck security camp .

On January 1, 2017, the community of Schaffhouse-sur-Zorn was incorporated into Hochfelden.

Population distribution and extrapolation

District	former INSEE code	Area (km²)	Altitude (m)	Population (Census)
District	former INSEE code	Area (km²)	Altitude (m)	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006 ¹	2008 ²	2011 ¹	2013 ²	2016 ³
Hochfelden	67202	12.09	155-222	2,755	2,895	2,942	2,877	2,781	2,944	3,036	3,195	3,453	3,516	3,552
Schaffhouse-sur-Zorn	67439	3.67	158-214	291	270	249	307	307	349	383	393	392	405	406
Hochfelden	67202	15.76		3,046	3.165	3.191	3,184	3,088	3,293	3,419	3,588	3,845	3,921	3,958

¹ Data from INSEE (RP2006, RP2011, RP2016)

² Data from INSEE (RP2008, RP2013)

³ Data from INSEE

^• other data from Cassini

The (total) population of the municipality of Hochfelden was calculated by adding the individual districts, i.e. H. of the former independent municipalities determined

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows St. Peter with his insignia, key and book.

economy

Beer has been brewed in Hochfelden since 870 . The local family brewery Meteor runs a pub and a museum. Guided tours are offered.

The Rohrbach garbage dump is heavily contaminated with lindane and has to be monitored by the state.

Partner communities

Hochfelden in Switzerland

Attractions

Former synagogue and former Jewish schoolhouse, in which the local history museum is located today.

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 507-510.

Web links

Commons : Hochfelden - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Hochfelden in the Topographia Alsatiae (Matthäus Merian) - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/decret/2014/12/29/2014-1722/jo/texte

^ Janine Doerry: Nazi Forced Camps in West Germany, France and the Netherlands: History and Memory . Schöningh, 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-76458-4 , pp. 70 .

↑ Populations légales 2006 & 2011 & 2016

↑ Populations légales 2013 & 2008

↑ File of the Bas-Rhin department - population census (Recensement de la population) 2016

↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui - Index par département

↑ BASOL (contaminated soil) website Ministère du développement durable (in French).