Riespach
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
| Canton | Altkirch | |
| Community association | Sundgau | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 32 ' N , 7 ° 17' E | |
| height | 355-455 m | |
| surface | 7.57 km 2 | |
| Residents | 643 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 85 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68640 | |
| INSEE code | 68273 | |
 Riespach town hall |
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Riespach is a French commune with 643 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin département in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Altkirch , the canton Altkirch and is a member of the Association of Municipalities Sundgau .
geography
The municipality of Riespach is located in the valley of the eponymous Riesbach , which flows into the upper Ill as the Geischbach . The Sundgau community is 13 kilometers from Altkirch and 25 kilometers from Basel .
Neighboring communities of Riespach are Grentzingen in the north, Oberdorf in the northeast, Waldighofen and Roppentzwiller (point of contact) in the east, Vieux-Ferrette in the south, Kœstlach and Hindlingen in the southwest and Feldbach in the west.
history
In 1270 the village was first mentioned as Rodensbach . Via Rudenspach (1271), Ruedispach (1289), the current place name Riespach was finally given in 1298.
From the 11th century to 1327 Riespach was part of the Grafschaft Pfirt and became Austrian property like the entire Sundgau.
The Thirty Years' War in Riespach and the surrounding area was marked by murder, looting, famine and epidemics. While Riespach had 257 inhabitants in 1618, in 1650, after the end of the war, there were 30 souls.
Now part of France, the area was slowly repopulated, particularly by Swiss families, following a royal edict of 1662 that guaranteed tax exemptions for six years.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Riespach belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Altkirch district in the Upper Alsace district .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 530 | 543 | 582 | 548 | 587 | 608 | 672 | 700 | 664 |
Attractions
- St. Michael Church
- St. Anton Chapel
St. Michael, south side
St. Michael, northeast side
St. Anton Chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 586-588.
Web links
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- ↑ History of Riespach on cc-canton-hirsingue.com ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
- ^ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Altkirch district
