Phalsbourg
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Moselle | |
| Arrondissement | Sarrebourg-Château-Salins | |
| Canton | Phalsbourg (main town) | |
| Community association | Pays de Phalsbourg | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 46 ′ N , 7 ° 15 ′ E | |
| height | 200–384 m | |
| surface | 13.15 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,728 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 360 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 57370 | |
| INSEE code | 57540 | |
| Website | Phalsbourg | |
 Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville ) |
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Phalsbourg (German Pfalzburg , Lorraine Polsbuerj ) is a French commune with 4,728 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Moselle department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The inhabitants call themselves phalsbourgeois .
geography
The small town of Phalsbourg is located about 50 kilometers northwest of Strasbourg and 65 kilometers southeast of Saarbrücken at the foot of the Vosges , which the Zaberner Steige overcomes here at the narrowest point . The A4 Paris –Strasbourg (Autoroute de l'Est), which has a connection here, runs north of the municipality .
The districts belong to Phalsbourg
- Buechelberg (German Büchelberg) in the north,
- Les Maisons Rouges (German Rothhäuser) in the west,
- La Roulette (dt. Rollweiler) in the east, and
- Bois-de-Chênes (German oak forests) and
- Trois-Maisons (German three houses) in the south.
history
Georg Johann I von Pfalz-Veldenz called for the founding of the city Pfalzburg in 1568 and received city rights from Emperor Maximilian on September 27, 1570 . The first settlers were Protestants from Lorraine. In addition to the patch, the previous settlement of Einarzhausen existed until 1680 . In 1583, Georg Johann pledged the new town with the Einarzhausen office to Duke Karl III. of Lorraine . The heavily indebted Georg Johann could no longer redeem the pledged town; so it fell to the Duchy of Lorraine after the repurchase period had expired on October 1, 1590 . With the Peace of Vincennes it came to France in 1661 and was fortified militarily from 1679 by the French builder Vauban .
During the Franco-Prussian War , the Vauban fortifications withstood the Prussian siege for four months before the city was conquered in December 1870 and incorporated into the German Empire in 1871 with the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine , where it remained until the end of the First World War in 1919 . The Pfalzburger Strasse (Bremen) and Pfalzburger Strasse (Berlin) are named after this conquest .
The fortifications were razed by the end of the 19th century. During the Second World War the city was attached to the German Gau Westmark and liberated by the 7th US Army on November 23, 1944 .
In 1953, the American armed forces built a military base near the city, the Base aérienne de Phalsbourg-Bourscheid , which passed to the French in 1966 after the withdrawal of the Americans and which today serves as the base for a combat helicopter unit of the French armed forces under the name Camp La Horie .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 3343 | 3379 | 3905 | 3848 | 4189 | 4499 | 4661 | 4728 |
Parish partnership
- Berg in Upper Bavaria , Germany , since 1991
Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in Phalsbourg
Memorial of Marshal Lobau
Monument to the artist Erckmann-Chatrian
City Gate (Porte de France)
"Lobau" barracks
Church of the Assumption
Protestant Church
synagogue
Saint-Antoine chapel
Culture
The Fête de Foie Gras (Feast of Goose Fatty Liver), a “culinary showcase” of the Lorraine and Alsace regions , was able to attract national attention from gourmets . It takes place every year on the second and third weekends during Advent. In the local culture hall, previously in an elegantly furnished large tent on the main square, regional suppliers present their products (meat and sausage products of all kinds, confectionery and pâtisserie, fine brandies, seafood, wines, champagne and crémant, etc.), which you can buy and also can be tasted on site. The festival was launched in 1996 by Georges Victor Schmitt, the patron of the Phalsbourger starred restaurant Au Soldat de l'An II (one Michelin star). The organizer is the Phalsbourg Tourist Office.
The annual Festival de Théâtre has been held in Phalsbourg since 1984 . On the Place d'Armes and in the surrounding streets of the old town, theater groups of various genres perform (dance theater, street theater, music theater, etc.) from the end of July to the beginning of August.
At the end of August each year, the farmers of Phalsbourg and the surrounding villages organize the Fête du Terroir . On a Sunday, rural and handicraft work is shown, along with nostalgic and modern agricultural implements as well as farm animals. The highlight of the festival is a parade through the city center with festively decorated floats and animal training.
Personalities
- Friedrich Ludwig Eberhard von Esebeck (1769–1852), French lieutenant colonel, 1818–1821 military commander of Pfalzburg
- Georges Mouton de Lobau (1770–1838), French general, peer and marshal of France , born in Phalsbourg
- French writers Émile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890) from the area around Phalsbourg, where there is now a museum in their honor
- Soccer players Romuald Peiser (* 1979) and Yann Schneider (* 1986)
Web links
- Community presentation ( Memento from January 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (German)