Sigolsheim
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| local community | Kaysersberg Vignoble | |
| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 8 ' N , 7 ° 18' E | |
| Post Code | 68240 | |
| Former INSEE code | 68310 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
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Sigolsheim is a former French commune with 1,285 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region . It belonged to the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé (Rappoltsweiler) and the canton of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former municipalities of Kaysersberg , Kientzheim and Sigolsheim were merged into a Commune nouvelle with the name Kaysersberg Vignoble .
geography
Sigolsheim on the Alsace Wine Route is located in the Upper Rhine Plain , about eleven kilometers northwest of Colmar , on the edge of the Vosges . The area is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .
history
Sigolsheim was first mentioned in writing as "Sigoltmarca" in 768, but there is evidence of an earlier settlement (Roman villa).
In 1944/45 the place was badly affected during the fighting over the bridgehead Alsace ( French Poche de Colmar ). A national military cemetery on Blutberg commemorates this time. The heavily damaged Romanesque church of St. Peter , built around 1200, was restored from 1950 to 1960.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 | |
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| Residents | 887 | 900 | 946 | 946 | 931 | 986 | 1212 | 1285 | |
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Partnerships
Since 1967 the place has been linked in partnership with Burkheim am Kaiserstuhl , today a district of Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl on the other side of the Rhine .
Personalities
- Andreas Räß (1794–1887), German theologian and bishop of the diocese of Strasbourg (1842–1887), was born in Sigolsheim
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 705-707.
