Obersoultzbach
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Saverne | |
| Canton | Bouxwiller | |
| Community association | Hanau-La Petite Pierre | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 51 ' N , 7 ° 27' E | |
| height | 195-239 m | |
| surface | 5.16 km 2 | |
| Residents | 433 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 84 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67330 | |
| INSEE code | 67352 | |
Obersoultzbach ( German : Obersulzbach ) is a French commune with 433 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
history
middle Ages
The place was first mentioned in 1213 under the name "Solzbach". The corresponding letter indicates that the place belonged to the Sturzelbronn Abbey at that time .
The village of Obersulzbach was a fiefdom from the Bishop of Metz to the Lords of Lichtenberg . In the 13th century it belonged to the Buchsweiler office of the Lichtenberg rule. When this became too extensive due to various acquisitions, the Ingweiler office was spun off from it in 1330 . The village of Obersulzbach was also part of the Ingweiler office. The reason for this may have been that around 1330 there was a first division of the country between Johann II. Von Lichtenberg , from the older line of the house, and Ludwig III. came from Lichtenberg . Here Obersulzbach fell into the part of the property that was managed by the older line in the future.
After the death of the last Lichtenberger, Count Jakob, in 1480, 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 .
In 1611 a "zoo" was created in Obersulzbach , a facility in which the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg kept game. During the Thirty Years' War there was destruction in Obersulzbach. Due to France's reunification policy , around 1680 , the parts of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Alsace fell under the sovereignty of France , as did the Ingweiler and Obersulzbach offices.
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 left bank of the Hanau-Lichtenberg county - and with it Obersulzbach - fell to France.
Population development
| 1798 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| 297 | 334 | 348 | 359 | 355 | 378 | 398 | 383 | 433 |
Attractions
The village's Protestant church today dates from the 14th century.
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).
- Friedrich Knöpp: Territorial holdings of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Hesse-Darmstadt . [typewritten] Darmstadt 1962. [Available in the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt , signature: N 282/6].
- 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.
