Roppentzwiller

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Roppentzwiller
Roppentzwiller coat of arms
Roppentzwiller (France)
Roppentzwiller
region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Altkirch
Canton Altkirch
Community association Sundgau
Coordinates 47 ° 32 '  N , 7 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 32 '  N , 7 ° 20'  E
height 350-446 m
surface 4.15 km 2
Residents 698 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 168 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 68480
INSEE code 68284
Website http://www.roppentzwiller.fr/

town hall

Roppentzwiller (German Roppenzweiler ) is a French commune with 698 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the canton of Altkirch and the municipal association Sundgau .

geography

Roppentzwiller is located in the Ill valley in Sundgau . Neighboring communities are Durmenach , Muespach , Riespach , Vieux-Ferrette and Waldighofen .

history

The name Roppentzwiller is of Germanic origin and is mentioned for the first time in 1290 as Ropertzwilr in the “red book of the Gnadenthal monastery”, which is in the archive of the city of Basel . The name is made up of " Weiler " and the name " Robert ", which means "Roberts Weiler". It is not known whether the Basel troops besides the surrounding villages Durmenach and Waldighofen also devastated Roppentzwiller after Ulrich II, Count von Ferrette (1227–1275), had become a vassal of the Bishop of Basel , who then enfeoffed the villages .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2014
Residents 583 623 624 708 736 665 753 693

coat of arms

The municipality's coat of arms shows a silver swan on a red background. The swan goes to the right side of the shield. At the top of the shield is a star with eight golden rays.

Attractions

  • Saint John the Baptist Church ( Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste ), built in 1875 (tower 1882)

  • South side of the church

  • East side of the church

  • Rue Principale (main street) in Roppentzwiller

primary school

Economy and Infrastructure

There is a kindergarten and a primary school in Roppentzwiller. After completing primary school, students attend secondary school in Ferrette .

Important branches of business in Roppentzwiller are agriculture and the breeding of domestic cattle . There was also a mattress factory on site.

The community owned a train station on the Altkirch – Ferrette railway from 1892. Passenger traffic was shut down in 1953. The last freight train ran in 1968, after which the line from Hirsingue was closed. The station building ⊙ has been preserved and is now used as a residential building.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 444-445.

Web links

Commons : Roppentzwiller  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Waldighoffen L'histoire d'un village du Sundgau (French) Retrieved January 5, 2010
  2. ↑ Les entreprises et commerces on ropentwiller.fr (French).