Kappelkinger
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarreguemines | |
| Canton | Sarralbe | |
| Community association | Sarreguemines Confluences | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 58 ' N , 6 ° 55' E | |
| height | 213-247 m | |
| surface | 8.58 km 2 | |
| Residents | 398 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 46 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57430 | |
| INSEE code | 57357 | |
Kappelkinger is a French commune with 398 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). It belongs to the Sarreguemines arrondissement and the Sarreguemines Confluences municipality .
geography
The municipality of Kappelkinger in northeast Lorraine is located on the Albe , a tributary of the Saar , about 20 kilometers southwest of Sarreguemines . The Albe crosses hilly terrain at the level of Kappelkinger, while to the west and east of the village it flows through flat, formerly swampy terrain. Before the construction of the first bridge in the Middle Ages, there was a ford between the actual village of Kappelkinger on the southern bank of the Albe and today's district of Uberkinger on the northern bank of the river. The woodless hill country north and south of the Albe consists of fields, in the river floodplains ( Muehlbach, Rohrgraben, Kleinbach ) which are criss-crossed by ditches, pastures and grassland dominate . In the northeast of the municipality, the highest point is reached at 247 m ( Hinkenberg ).
Neighboring municipalities of Kappelkinger are Hilsprich in the north, Le Val-de-Guéblange in the east, Hazembourg in the south-east, Vittersbourg in the south, Insming in the south-west, Nelling in the west and Petit-Tenquin in the north-west.
history
Before 1150, Kappelkinger was owned by the Saargaugrafen . The former name of the village - Curbera - developed over Cungera gradually Überkinger . In 1150, Count Sigebert donated the village, including the tithe and jurisdiction, to Wadgassen Abbey . This donation was made in 1179 by Pope Alexander III. approved.
In the year 1200 Kappelkinger already owned a chapel, which gave its name to the district south of the Albe or to today's entire community.
Wadgassen Abbey renounced the rights to Kinger in 1224 in favor of Count von Werd Sigebert III. and his son Henry. In return, she received half of the tithes from the neighboring village of Val-de-Guéblange. Count Heinrich I von Zweibrücken , Mr. Otto von Ochsenstein and his brother Eberhard von Greifenstein gave their consent. In addition to Kappelkinger and Überkinger , Wentzviller, Audviller, Steinbach and Schweix (today all districts of the municipality of Le Val-de-Guéblange ) belonged to the village of Kinger . Sigebert III. died in 1228. In the following decades, the ownership in Kinger and the immediate vicinity changed frequently.
In the years 1348 and 1349 the plague raged in Lorraine and mercenaries and bands of robbers devastated the country. From 1383 to 1629 belonged to Überkinger Burgrave's Albestroff .
In 1525 the Peasants' War also reached the villages around Kinger. The Insming Priory , whose parish was responsible for Kappelkinger and Überkinger, was completely destroyed.
The Thirty Years' War also left its mark on Kinger: During the fighting by Richelieu's troops , who were allied with the Swedes and the Protestant German princes against the German emperor, entire regions were depopulated in connection with a rampant famine. Many villages disappeared from the map forever, many other villages - including Kinger - were destroyed and uninhabitable for many years.
In the Peace of Westphalia , the bishopric of Metz in Lorraine came under treaty to France. The governor Marshal Henri de La Ferté-Senneterre took the first steps to repopulate the depopulated areas. But it was not until decades later that settlers immigrated from Switzerland, Germany, Savoy, Burgundy, Auvergne and Picardy.
Kappelkinger received its own parish in 1727. In 1724, the Insming Monastery financed the demolition of the old dilapidated chapel and eight years later the construction of the parish church of St. Jakob (today Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur ).
During the French Revolution , the old French provinces were abolished and new départements, arrondissements, cantons and communes were founded nationwide. 1790 came Kappelkinger with the district Uberkinger to the canton Sarralbe and the arrondissement Sarreguemines . From 1800 to 1802 Kappelkinger was in the canton of Puttelange, which only existed for three years.
Between 1871 and the end of the First World War, the municipality of Kappelkinger belonged to the Forbach district in the German state of Alsace-Lorraine . During the Second World War, Kappelkinger was again part of the Forbach district and, for a short time, part of the Sankt Avold district .
Since January 1, 2001, Kappelkinger has belonged again to the Sarreguemines arrondissement together with the other municipalities of the canton Sarralbe .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 | |
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| Residents | 422 | 442 | 390 | 403 | 388 | 401 | 398 | 398 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
- Church of St. James ( Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur ) from 1732
- Chapel of St. Odilia ( Chapelle Sainte-Odile ) in the district of Uberkinger
- Farm with half-timbered elements from the 17th / 18th centuries Century at 9 rue Saint-Jacques, Monument historique
- Half-timbered house from the 18th century on rue Saint-Jacques 3, Monument historique
St. James Church
old half-timbered house
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Economy and Infrastructure
Ten farms are located in the community (growing grain, breeding horses, sheep and goats). In addition to small craft and service businesses (car repair shop, restaurants) in town, some residents commute to the large industrial areas between Sarrabe and Sarreguemines such as Smartville or Ineos (petrochemicals).
Transport links
The D 28 trunk road leads through Kappelkinger from Sarralbe to Albestroff . Other roads lead to the neighboring communities Hilsprich , Hazembourg and Vittersbourg . The nearest train station is in the nearby town of Sarralbe. From 1881 to 1970 there was a train station in Kappelkinger on the now closed Champigneulles – Sarralbe railway line . The street name Rue de la Gare still reminds of this train station .
supporting documents
- ↑ history cc-albe-lacs.com. Retrieved February 17, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Kappelkinger on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Kappelkinger on insee.fr
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved February 16, 2013 (French).
- ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved February 16, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
