Pulversheim

Pulversheim
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Mulhouse
Canton	Wittenheim
Community association	Mulhouse Alsace agglomeration
Coordinates	47 ° 50 ′  N , 7 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′  N , 7 ° 18 ′  E
height	222-243 m
surface	8.54 km 2
Residents	2,960 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	347 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68840
INSEE code	68258
Website	http://www.pulversheim.fr/

Pulversheim is a French commune with 2960 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).

geography

Pulversheim is about 13 km north of Mulhouse . There runs Départementsstraße D 2, which is called Route d'Ensisheim (northeast) or Route de Cernay (southwest) depending on the section . Neighboring communities of Pulversheim are Ungersheim in the north, Ensisheim in the east, Ruelisheim in the southeast, Wittenheim and Wittelsheim in the south, Staffelfelden in the west and Bollwiller in the northwest.

history

The place changed its name repeatedly. In the 8th century it was called "Wolfrigesheim" or "Wolfriegeshaim" - the spelling was not uniform. The spelling has been changed repeatedly - "Wolf" also became "Wulf". It is known that the later Pulversheim was called "Bulffersheim" from 1369 to 1506 and Wulfersheim around 1544, and around 1725 it had its current name.

Until the end of the 19th century the community was a farming village. In the meantime, Pulversheim has grown into a small town with around 2900 inhabitants - they call themselves Pulversheimois or Pulversheimoises - which was primarily due to potash mining at the beginning of the 20th century.

In 1904, exploratory drilling for crude oil in southern Alsace discovered extensive potash deposits at a depth of around 600 meters . After the border between Pulversheim and Ungersheim the first pit Rudolph 1 "( Rodolphe one was taken) 1913 in operation, the mine Rudolph II (started in 1928 Rodolphe 2 ) the delivery of work and it was on the road to Bollwiller workers settlement Cité Alex built The two Rudolph mines employed around 1,600 workers in 1950. However, potash mining was gradually restricted after 1976, and the mines were closed from 1980. In 1987 the area was transferred to the Écomusée d'Alsace open-air museum, which is also located there which is starting a reconstruction as a historic potash mine, which will be continued from 1994 by the Groupe Rodolphe .

The industry has mainly settled in the 20th century with various branches of the economy. After the end of potash mining, the automotive industry ( Peugeot ) in particular became more important.

Population development

year	1790	1830	1913	1936	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2011	2014
Residents	150	347	260	675	1,729	1,856	2.130	2.006	2,021	2,266	2,819	2,910	2,929

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  Saint-Etienne church

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  Mairie (Town Hall)

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  Towers of the pits Rudolph 1 and Rudolph 2

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 377-379.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Le carreau Rodolphe: son histoire , online at: carreau-rodolphe.com / ...
2. ↑ Jürg-Peter Lienhard: A visit to salty Hades , in: webjournal.ch , September 8, 2005, online at: webjournal.ch / ...

Web links

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