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Mutzig coat of arms
Mutzig (France)
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region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Molsheim
Canton Dirty
Community association Region of Molsheim-Mutzig
Coordinates 48 ° 32 '  N , 7 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '  N , 7 ° 27'  E
height 180-397 m
surface 8.01 km 2
Residents 6,011 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 750 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67190
INSEE code 67313
Website www.mairie-mutzig.fr

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Mutzig ( German also Mützig ) is a French municipality with 6011 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on an area of ​​8.01 km². It is located in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). The community is a member of the Communauté de communes de la Région de Molsheim-Mutzig . It used to be home to one of the largest breweries in Alsace, the Brasserie Mutzig . In addition, the community was once the location of a German (6500 soldiers), today a French garrison (approx. 1000 soldiers).

geography

The municipality of Mutzig is located on the Bruche , which enters the Upper Rhine Plain from the Vosges . The village of Hermolsheim also belongs to Mutzig . The distance to Strasbourg to the east is 30 km.

Neighboring communities are Molsheim , Dorlisheim , Rosenwiller , Gresswiller , Dinsheim-sur-Bruche , Dangolsheim and Soultz-les-Bains .

history

Mutzig was founded in the 13th century by King Rudolf von Habsburg . In 1308 it came to the Bishop of Strasbourg . In 1444 the city resisted the Armagnacs . In 1454 it was taken by the Count of Zweibrücken and later liberated by the Strasbourgers.

After France had to cede Alsace to Germany again in 1871, the German military saw Mutzig as an important position to hinder a possible French attack on Molsheim and Strasbourg . The Kaiser Wilhelm II fortress was built between 1893 and 1916 for this purpose . On August 18, 1914 at around 4 p.m., the Mutziger fortress opened fire against French shock troops who had advanced as far as the Breuschtal . A total of 291 shots were fired. The French received orders to retreat, leaving Alsace outside the combat zones.

Coat of arms on the city gate of Mutzig

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 3087 3703 3891 4174 4552 5584 5898 6011

coat of arms

Mutzig's coat of arms shows Saint Mauritius in knight armor with a shield and lance and three ravens. He is also the church saint of Mutzig.

Attractions

  • The lower gate (Porte de Strasbourg) with a representation of Saint Mauritius from the end of the 14th century is the last remnant of the medieval fortifications and is a listed monument as a monument historique .
  • The town hall , known as the Hôtel de ville or Mairie , built in 1746, is a classical building with an onion-shaped bell tower; in this there is a clock with a Jacobin head and a Phrygian cap above the dial; at the strike of the hour he sticks out his tongue and wiggles his ears. In Mutzig, this wooden figure is also called 'Rothüssmann'.
  • The fountain square , Place de Fontaine. Originally the square was decorated with a Renaissance fountain (1667). The column shaft is richly decorated with plant motifs and is a copy. The original is kept in the city museum.
  • The Church of St. Mauritius . The tower of the imposing neo-Gothic building (1879) is 72 meters high, the highest church tower in the Bruche valley. The lavish neo-Gothic interior is protected as a monument ( Monument historique ).
  • The synagogue in Mutzig from 1787 is the oldest synagogue in Alsace that has been preserved in its entirety. Next to it was the Jewish schoolhouse, which was closed in 1922.
  • The Dôme de Mutzig , Mutzig's new event hall, max. 1,000 seats.
  • Castle of the Rohan
    The Château des Rohans is a Baroque palace from the 17th century, which was built on the site of a previous building from the 13th century that was destroyed by the Swedes in the Thirty Years War . Less known than its neighbors, the Rohan Castle in Saverne and the Palais Rohan in Strasbourg, it served the four prince-bishops and later cardinals of the Rohan family for 86 years (1704–1790) . The castle was originally built as the residence of Bishop Franz Egon von Fürstenberg and moved into in 1673. After the French Revolution , the castle was looted, expropriated and bought by the Coulaux brothers in 1799. From April 20, 1801 to 1870 ( Franco-German War ) the castle served as a weapons factory. This is where the famous Chassepot rifles were made. Today the castle houses the city museum (with a large collection of rifles) and various cultural institutions.
  • On the northern mountain in the immediate vicinity of Mutzig, the Prussian War Ministry built the then largest fortress with 254 hectares called Feste Kaiser Wilhelm II. (Today: Fort de Mutzig ) from 1893 to 1916 . With it, new technical solutions were introduced: concrete, armored turrets and electricity.
The fortress provided space for around 6,500 men in around 40,000 m² of bombproof works . Parts of the facility can be visited. For more information, see The Fortress Today .
  • The Maginot Line ran north of Mutzig, the fortifications of which were taken and crossed by the 45th Infantry Division of the US Army in November 1944 after little resistance from the German Wehrmacht . Parts of these systems can be viewed.

  • St. Mauritius Church

  • City gate - Porte de Strasbourg

  • Town hall- L'Hôtel de Ville or Mairie

  • Town hall tower with Rothüssmann

  • Oldest synagogue in Alsace from 1787

  • Former Jewish school

  • Battery 1 in the fortress of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

economy

Former brasserie Mutzig

Mutzig is best known in Western Europe for the Mützig brewery founded by Antoine Wagner in 1810 , which mainly produced light beers . In 1969 the brewery became part of the Albra Group ( L'Alsacienne de Brasserie ) and with this it was taken over by Heineken in 1972 and renamed Heineken France SA in 1980 . In 1989 the location was closed; the annual production was at last around 600,000 hl. In Schiltigheim , beer is still brewed under the Mutzig brand . The historic brewery building of the Mützig brewery was converted into an apartment hotel.

garrison

Mutzig was and is a location of the French army. Today's barracks Moussy and Clerc originate from the German Imperial Era of 1898. The 44e Régiment de Transmissions (44th Telecommunications Reconnaissance Regiment ) is currently located on a site that is not open to the public . It belongs to the Brigade de Renseignement (Reconnaissance Brigade ) in Haguenau.

Sports

The football club AS Mutzig plays Roger Leissner at the Stade Municipal .

Partnerships

The municipality of Freisen in Saarland has been a partner municipality of Mutzig since 1990 , and in 2011 Almeida in Portugal was added as a further partner municipality.

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 754-765.

Web links

Commons : Mutzig  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Mutzig in the Topographia Alsatiae (M. Merian)  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Discover Europe's largest fortress in 1914: Fort de Mutzig ( Memento from November 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive )