Reutenbourg
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Saverne | |
| Canton | Saverne | |
| Community association | Pays de Saverne | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 41 ′ N , 7 ° 24 ′ E | |
| height | 211-351 m | |
| surface | 4.40 km 2 | |
| Residents | 419 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 95 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67440 | |
| INSEE code | 67395 | |
Reutenbourg ( German : Reutenburg ) is a French commune with 419 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
geography
Reutenbourg is surrounded by the villages of Lochwiller in the northeast, Westhouse-Marmoutier in the east, Jetterswiller in the south, Singrist in the southwest and Marmoutier in the northwest. The landscape is hilly and is mainly used for agriculture.
history
middle Ages
Reutenburg belonged to the Ochsenstein rule . It was a fiefdom of the Bishop of Metz . When the family of the von Ochsenstein extinct in the male line with Georg von Ochsenstein 1485, the inheritance came through his sister to the counts of Zweibrücken-Bitsch .
Modern times
In 1570 there was another inheritance that brought Reutenburg to the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg : Count Jakob von Zweibrücken-Bitsch (* 1510; † 1570) and his brother Simon V. Wecker , who died in 1540, each left only one daughter as heir. Count Jakob's daughter, Margarethe (* 1540; † 1569), was married to Philipp V von Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1541; † 1599). The inheritance resulting from this constellation also included the rule of Ochsenstein. In the administrative structure of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Reutenburg was added to the Westhofen office . Philipp V von Hanau-Lichtenberg immediately carried out the Reformation in the inherited areas , which, like the rest of his dominion, now became Lutheran .
With the reunion policy of France under King Louis XIV , the Westhofen and Reutenburg offices came under French sovereignty. After the death of the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III. , the inheritance fell in 1736 to the son of his only daughter, Charlotte , the Hereditary Prince and later Landgrave Ludwig (IX) of Hesse-Darmstadt . Reutenburg no longer belonged to the Westhofen office in the Hesse-Darmstadt period.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2004 | 2012 | 2014 |
| Residents | 363 | 365 | 355 | 328 | 318 | 303 | 322 | 400 | 409 |
economy
In addition to agriculture, tourism plays an important role. The most important institution is the Franciscan convent Couvent de Reinacker , which also includes the Notre-Dame church from the 14th and 15th centuries. The monastery offers accommodation for individuals and groups and also provides meeting rooms.
literature
- 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].
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 676-679.
