Illfurth
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
| Canton | Altkirch | |
| Community association | Sundgau | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 40 ′ N , 7 ° 16 ′ E | |
| height | 255-391 m | |
| surface | 9.16 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,474 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 270 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68720 | |
| INSEE code | 68152 | |
 Illfurth town hall |
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Illfurth (German Illfurt ) is a French commune with 2,474 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It is the seat of the municipal association Sundgau .
geography
Illfurth is located between Frœningen and Tagolsheim , ten kilometers southwest of Mulhouse and is passed by the Rhine-Rhône Canal . The Largue flows into Illfurth in the Ill .
history
The name Illfurth is of Germanic origin and means ford in the Ill . The Britzgyberg oppidum near Illfurth proves that the area was already settled in the Hallstatt period.
Illfurth belonged to the County of Pfirt until 1324 , then to the House of Habsburg until 1648 . It has been part of France ever since.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1590 | 1671 | 1721 | 1692 | 1828 | 1955 | 2282 | 2458 |
Culture and sights
Illfurth 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 national competition, whereby a maximum of four flowers can be achieved.
The ruins of the Oppidum von Britzgyberg on the Britzgyberg are entered in the additional directory of the Monuments historiques (monuments).
The Küppele moth stands between Illfurth and Zillisheim . It was discovered during archaeological excavations in 1857.
The parish church of St. Martin in Illfurth, built from 1968 to 1970, has a striking appearance, for which the architects Pierre Ganton from Lyon and Leo Schlegel from Lutterbach stand. The shape of the church describes a pyramid, with the slate roof being pulled down almost to the ground. The rectory extension in the northeast was integrated into the overall concept.
The German military cemetery in Illfurth was laid out in April 1920 by the French military authorities. German casualties from the First World War in 1964 rest on it, among them the cavalry lieutenant Albert Otto Mayer , who fell on August 2, 1914 and was one of the first dead of the First World War.
The so-called Burnkirch is located in the southwest of Illfurth . The 8th century church, surrounded by a cemetery, was once the mother church ( Ecclesia matrix ) of the village. The wall paintings from the 15th century are under monument protection. The grave of the knight Gottfried von Burnkirch is also worth seeing.
Economy and Infrastructure
Illfurth has a train station on the Paris – Mulhouse railway line , at which the TER Alsace and TER Franche-Comté trains stop .
The main occupations of the Illfurthois are arable farming , fruit growing and the breeding of domestic cattle and domestic pigs .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 64-66.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Page no longer available , search in web archives: Illfurth on quid.fr ( 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 February 2010
- ^ L'oppidum du Britzgyberg (French)
- ↑ Haut-Rhin, 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)
- ^ Bernhard Metz: Alsatia Munita. (PDF; 6 MB) (No longer available online.) P. 54 f. , archived from the original on April 7, 2016 ; accessed on July 12, 2016 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.volksbund.de/kriegsgraeberstaette/illfurth.html
- ↑ The First Dead of the First World War. In: DiePresse.com. November 3, 2014, accessed January 9, 2018 .
- ^ Church on tourisme-alsace.com
