Offendorf (Bas-Rhin)
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
| Canton | Bischwiller | |
| Community association | Pays Rhénan | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 43 ' N , 7 ° 55' E | |
| height | 122-130 m | |
| surface | 14.22 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,476 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 174 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67850 | |
| INSEE code | 67356 | |
 Mairie Offendorf |
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Offendorf is a French commune with 2,476 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region ( Alsace until 2015 ).
Geographical location
Offendorf is located in the Upper Rhine Plain directly on the Rhine and thus on the German- French border, around 20 kilometers north of Strasbourg . The village is characterized by a star-shaped network of roads. Not far from Offendorf, the Ill , which was extended beyond the barrage, has flowed into the Rhine since the early 1970s .
history
middle Ages
The Lordship of Lichtenberg bought the village of Offendorf in 1342 from the Counts of Ötingen . In the meantime pledged, the village was redeemed in 1401. When, after the acquisition of territory in the 14th century, the offices of Ingweiler and Buchsweiler in the Lichtenberg domain had become too extensive and had to be reorganized, the Pfaffenhofen office, among other things, was spun off and made independent at the beginning of the 15th century . When this also had to be divided again through further area growth, the Offendorf office was created before 1440, to which the village of Offendorf also belonged, after which the office was named and where the office of the bailiff was located.
Elisabeth, one of the two heirlooms of Ludwig V von Lichtenberg (* 1417, † 1474), married Count Simon IV. Wecker von Zweibrücken-Bitsch . After the death of the last Lichtenberger, Jakob von Lichtenberg , an uncle of Elisabeth, she inherited half of the Lichtenberg lordship, which also included the Offenheim - and thus Offendorf - office.
Early modern age
Count Jakob von Zweibrücken-Bitsch (* 1510; † 1570) and his brother Simon V. Wecker , who died in 1540, left only one daughter each as heir. Count Jakob's daughter, Margarethe (* 1540; † 1569), was married to Philipp V von Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1541; † 1599). The legacy resulting from this constellation also included the second half of the former Lichtenberg lordship , which was not already in the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg , and included the Offendorf with Offendorf. Count Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1514–1590), who was ruling at this time, consistently carried out the Reformation in his county and also in the areas gained through inheritance, which now became Lutheran .
With France's reunification policy under King Louis XIV , the Offendorf office came under French sovereignty. In the course of this process, Offendorf also received a Roman Catholic parish again.
After the death of the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III. In 1736, Hanau-Lichtenberg - and with it the Offendorf office - fell to the son of his only daughter, Charlotte , Landgrave Ludwig (IX.) Of Hesse-Darmstadt . With the upheaval started by the French Revolution , Offendorf became French.
Population development
| 1798 | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| 76 | 1,143 | 1,664 | 1,829 | 1,790 | 1,734 | 1,640 | 1,886 | 2,024 | 2,476 |
economy
Offendorf is known for the local shipbuilding industry, which existed until 2006 and was family-owned. Today there is still a museum with ships there.
literature
- 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 (ed.): 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 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 157-160.
