Oberhaslach

Oberhaslach
region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Molsheim
Canton	Dirty
Community association	Region of Molsheim-Mutzig
Coordinates	48 ° 33 ' N , 7 ° 20' E Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ' N , 7 ° 20' E
height	254-964 m
surface	25.22 km 2
Residents	1,780 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	71 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	67280
INSEE code	67342
Website	Commune d'Oberhaslach

Oberhaslach is a French commune with 1780 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).

geography

Oberhaslach lies in the area of the Vosges . The neighboring village of Niederhaslach is to the southeast . They are both connected to the network of departmental roads by the D 218 . The D75, which crosses the Forêt domaniale de Haslach , also begins in Oberhaslach . In the southwest the village is touched by a brook called Hasel , a tributary of the Breusch , which later flows into the Ill in Strasbourg .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2009	2017
Residents	1004	1022	1108	1145	1333	1505	1778	1780

coat of arms

The name "Haslach" comes from the brook Hasel (Haselbach) whose first known mention of "Rivolus Hasla" is dated to 817. The Haslach-Bach, from Mhd. Hasalah, was thus a watercourse, on whose banks hazel bushes grew. The coat of arms of the village therefore includes a hazel branch and a shepherd's crook. This coat of arms was first discovered in 1576 on a stamp found on a contemporary document.

Attractions

The Nideck castle ruins consist of the older upper castle (only small remains) and the keep of the lower castle. It is the place of origin of the Alsatian saga and the poem Das Riesenspielzeug . The medal on the castle tower commemorates Adelbert von Chamisso , whose version of the legend is the most famous in the world.
The Cascade du Nideck waterfall (natural monument); Below the Nideck castle ruins, the Hasel river plunges 25 meters over a rock made of volcanic rock.
The natural monument Rocher du Pfaffenlapp , rocky promontory (658 m) with a remarkable view of the heights of the Schneeberg, the Nideck castle ruins and the valley of the Hasel in the Vosges
The natural monument Porte de Pierre (door frame) is an impressive rock formation between Urmatt and Oberhasbach.
The Hohenstein castle ruin is a 13th century structure and was built on a rock. In the north stood the castle tower, behind it was the residential building. A wall enclosed the stronghold. The fortification was destroyed in 1338 by the Strasbourg bishop Bertold von Buchegg, who had spent a summer there as a prisoner.
The Ringelstein castles date back to the 12th century. There are only a few remains of the wall from the Klein-Ringelstein Castle , more ruins remain from the higher-lying (644 m) castle, which was destroyed in 1470 .
The Saint-Florent pilgrimage chapel was built in 1750 on the site of an older building from 1315.
The Saint-Arbogast church in Oberhaslach was built from 1782 to 1784. It is named after Arbogast of Strasbourg († 618), a canonized bishop of Strasbourg.
The former imperial hunting lodge Gensburg of Wilhelm II. From 1898, Pavillon de chasse de l'empereur Gensbourg , stands on the 759 m high Spitzberg. He wanted to go hunting here and therefore built a hunting lodge about 40 kilometers north of the restored Hochkönigburg. But the emperor himself never found his way up, only his son Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm stayed up there four times. After the First World War, the French forest administration moved in. Today the property is privately owned and rented as "Relais de Gensburg".
The Chapelle de Gensbourg , from the 19th century and built in neo-Romanesque style, is now privately owned.
Maison forestiere de Haslach , intended imperial hunting lodge Haslach for Wilhelm II. Near Oberhaslach
Headquarters of the Les Géants du Nideck / The Giants of Nideck Association . Every two to three years he holds a symposium with sculptors from different countries. They live and work together for three weeks. Your works will then be displayed on a hiking trail in the region. The sculptors are happy to receive visitors during working hours.