Lichtenberg (Bas-Rhin)
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Saverne | |
| Canton | Ingwiller | |
| Community association | Hanau-La Petite Pierre | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 55 ' N , 7 ° 29' E | |
| height | 195-411 m | |
| surface | 12.12 km 2 | |
| Residents | 557 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 46 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67340 | |
| INSEE code | 67265 | |
| Website | http://www.lichtenberg.fr/ | |
Lichtenberg is a French commune with 557 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
geography
Lichtenberg is located in the Northern Vosges one and a half kilometers southeast of Reipertswiller near the border between Alsace and Lorraine in the Northern Vosges Nature Park .
history
middle Ages
As an allod, the city of Lichtenberg belonged to the oldest inventory of the Lichtenberg rule , initially to their Buchsweiler office in the 13th century . When this became too extensive due to various acquisitions, the Ingweiler office was spun off from it in 1330 . Lichtenberg came to the Ingweiler office. The reason for this new organization was also that around 1330 there was a first and 1335 a second division of the country between the three lines of the House of Lichtenberg . Lichtenberg fell half to Johann II of Lichtenberg , from the older line of the house, and half to the descendants of Johann III, who died early . von Lichtenberg , who established the middle line of the house.
In 1305 Lichtenberg received city rights , namely that of Hagenau .
After the death of the last Lichtenberger, Count Jakob, the rule was divided and the office of Ingweiler initially fell to Zweibrücken-Bitsch .
Modern times
However, there was another inheritance in 1570, which now brought the Ingweiler office to the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg . The Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg introduced the Reformation in their county from the middle of the 16th century , which now became Lutheran .
Due to the reunification policy of France around 1680 , the parts of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Alsace fell under the sovereignty of France , including the office of Ingweiler and Lichtenberg.
1736 died with Count Johann Reinhard III. the last male representative of the Hanau family. Due to the marriage of his only daughter, Charlotte (* 1700; † 1726), with the Hereditary Prince Ludwig (VIII.) (* 1691; † 1768) of Hesse-Darmstadt , the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg fell there. As a result of the French Revolution , the part of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg on the left bank of the Rhine - and thus also Lichtenberg - fell to France.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Lichtenberg 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
| 1798 | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 | 2014 |
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| 750 | 842 | 500 | 503 | 568 | 553 | 513 | 510 | 551 | 559 | 562 |
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the municipality is the historical coat of arms of the Lords of Lichtenberg .
Attractions
- The Lichtenberg Castle was created at the beginning of the 13th century. The imposing fortress represents the power of the then Lichtenberg rule , which had belonged to the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg since 1473 by inheritance .
- A Way of the Cross in the Catholic Church was drawn in 1829 by the painter Marie Louis Joseph Sorg.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Charles Roesch (1922–2015), table tennis trainer, national trainer in Switzerland, France and Germany
literature
- Jean-Claude Brumm: Quelques dates importantes dans l'histoire… . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (Eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 10f.
- Fritz Eyer: The territory of the Lords of Lichtenberg 1202-1480. Investigations into the property, the rule and the politics of domestic power of a noble family from the Upper Rhine . In: Writings of the Erwin von Steinbach Foundation . 2nd edition, unchanged in the text, by an introduction extended reprint of the Strasbourg edition, Rhenus-Verlag, 1938. Volume 10 . Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1985, ISBN 3-922923-31-3 (268 pages).
- Alfred Matt: Bailliages, prévôté et fiefs ayant fait partie de la Seigneurie de Lichtenberg, du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg, du Landgraviat de Hesse-Darmstadt . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (Eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 7-9.
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 949-953.
