Volksberg
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Saverne | |
| Canton | Ingwiller | |
| Community association | Alsace Bossue | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 57 ' N , 7 ° 18' E | |
| height | 248-408 m | |
| surface | 9.45 km 2 | |
| Residents | 354 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 37 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67290 | |
| INSEE code | 67509 | |
Volksberg is a French commune with 354 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
geography
Volksberg has an area of 9.45 km² and is part of the Northern Vosges Natural Park ( Parc des Vosges du Nord ).
history
middle Ages
The Lords of Lichtenberg bought half of the village from the Lords of Byseck in 1363 and assigned their share of it to the office of Ingweiler in the Lichtenberg domain . In the period that followed, the information about the extent of the part held by the von Lichtenbergs changed. It can also be that this was different in size at different times. It is stated that the village belonged entirely to the Lichtenberg rulership, but only 2/3 of the village in 1453.
In 1480, Count Jakob, the last male member of the von Lichtenberg family, died, his inheritance and rule were divided. The Ingweiler office belonged to the part of the inheritance that fell to Zweibrücken-Bitsch .
Modern times
However, there was another inheritance in 1570, when the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg took possession of the Ingweiler office. At the end of the 18th century, Volksberg is no longer part of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg .
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Volksberg belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Zabern in the district of Lower Alsace .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 701 | 334 | 368 | 376 | 352 | 368 | 337 | 357 | 354 |
Personalities
- Adolf Cillien (1893–1960), German politician, was born in Volksberg
literature
- Jean-Claude Brumm: Quelques dates importantes dans l'histoire… . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (Eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 10f.
- Fritz Eyer: The territory of the Lords of Lichtenberg 1202-1480. Investigations into the property, the rule and the politics of domestic power of a noble family from the Upper Rhine . In: Writings of the Erwin von Steinbach Foundation . 2nd edition, unchanged in the text, by an introduction extended reprint of the Strasbourg edition, Rhenus-Verlag, 1938. Volume 10 . Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1985, ISBN 3-922923-31-3 (268 pages).
- 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].
- Alfred Matt: Bailliages, prévôté et fiefs ayant fait partie de la Seigneurie de Lichtenberg, du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg, du Landgraviat de Hesse-Darmstadt . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (Eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 7-9.
Web links
- Volksberg at the Communauté de communes d'Alsace Bossue