Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
| Canton | Colmar-2 | |
| Community association | Colmar agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 1 ' N , 7 ° 23' E | |
| height | 190-202 m | |
| surface | 25.77 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,978 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 116 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68127 | |
| INSEE code | 68295 | |
| Website | http://www.saintecroixenplaine.fr/ | |
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Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine ( German Holy Cross ) is a French commune with 2978 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé and the canton of Colmar-2 .
geography
The municipality of Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine is located on the Ill in the Upper Rhine Plain , about ten kilometers south of Colmar . In the west, the municipality extends to the Thur , in the southeast to the Canal Vauban , which leads from Ensisheim to Neuf-Brisach . The Autoroute A35 (L'Alsacienne) runs on the western edge of the village .
Neighboring municipalities of Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine are Colmar in the north, Sundhoffen and Logelheim in the northeast, Hettenschlag in the east, Dessenheim in the southeast, Niederhergheim and Oberhergheim (point of contact) in the south, Herrlisheim-près-Colmar in the west and Eguisheim and Wettolsheim in the northwest .
history
The village emerged from a monastery of Benedictine nuns , which was founded between 1006 and 1035 by Count Hugo von Eguisheim near the village of Woffenheim, which has now disappeared. His son Bruno, who as Leo IX. After becoming Pope, the first abbess consecrated the first abbess and the church consecrated to the Holy Cross in 1049 . At the beginning of the 13th century, the monastery and village were fortified by a wall, and in 1250 the place was given the title Oppidum Sanctae Crucis . In the late Middle Ages, the town was under the rule of the Habsburgs . King Maximilian I withdrew Heiligkreuz from Count Palatine Philip during the War of the Bavarian Succession and awarded it to Heinrich Wetzel von Marsilien as a pledge. He later gave the place the right to two annual markets at the Discovery of the Cross and St. Bartholomew. In 1512 the emperor withdrew the right to live and trade in the city. The Heiligkreiz sold to Jakob Villinger von Schönenberg for 12,000 Rhenish guilders . He received the place as full ownership, with high and low jurisdiction. Austria only retained the state taxes and the appeal to the Ensisheim regiment. From 1640 Heiligkreuz belonged to Colmar.
Population development
| year | 1936 | 1941 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 1303 | 1328 | 1354 | 1502 | 2014 | 1933 | 1895 | 2121 | 2552 | 2978 |
| Sources: Statistical Office for Alsace 1944, Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||||
Partner municipality
The German partner municipality Merdingen is 23 kilometers east of the Rhine as the crow flies, west of Freiburg im Breisgau . The partnership has existed since 1968.
Attractions
The Saint-Barthélemy Church (Bartholomew's Church) was built on the site of the old Sainte-Croix abbey church. The tower was built in 1700 on Romanesque foundations. The Gothic choir dates from the 15th century. The nave , which had become too small, was rebuilt in 1827/29. The organ built in 1840 by the Callinet brothers (Joseph / 1795–1857 and Claude Ignace / 1803–1874) is a particular treasure and is considered by connoisseurs to be one of the most beautiful organs in Alsace.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 272-277.
Web links
- Community presentation (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Auguste Scherlen: Perles d'Alsace. Images from the Alsatian past. Alsatia, Colmar 1929, p. 163 f.
- ↑ Creutz, holy, a small town. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 6, Leipzig 1733, column 1623.