Wolfisheim
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Strasbourg | |
| Canton | Hœnheim | |
| Community association | Eurométropole de Strasbourg | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 35 ' N , 7 ° 40' E | |
| height | 141-172 m | |
| surface | 5.57 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,157 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 746 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67202 | |
| INSEE code | 67551 | |
 Mairie Wolfisheim |
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Wolfisheim is a municipality with 4157 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ) in France .
geography
The municipality is located on the western outskirts of Strasbourg , where the departmental roads D 45 (west-east) and D 63 (north-south) intersect. In the west is Oberschaeffolsheim , in the east Eckbolsheim , in the north Oberhausbergen and in the south Holtzheim .
history
middle Ages
Wolfisheim was a fiefdom from the Bishop of Metz to the Lords of Lichtenberg . It has been proven in Lichtenberg's possession since 1271. The Lichtenbergers bought the last third-party rights in 1463. Around 1330 there was a first, in 1335 a second division of the country between the three lines of the House of Lichtenberg . Half of Wolfisheim fell to Johann II of Lichtenberg , from the older line of the house, and half to the descendants of Johann III, who died early . von Lichtenberg , who established the middle line of the house. In the rule of Lichtenberg it was assigned to the office of the same name Wolfisheim , which was created in the 14th century, and the seat of the bailiff . When Jakob von Lichtenberg, the last male member of the house, died in 1480 , one half of the inheritance passed to his niece, Anna von Lichtenberg (* 1442, † 1474), who also held the Wolfisheim office. Anna had married Count Philip I the Elder of Hanau-Babenhausen (* 1417, † 1480) in 1458, who had received a small secondary education from the holdings of the County of Hanau in order to be able to get married. The county of Hanau-Lichtenberg came into being through the marriage .
Modern times
Count Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1514–1590), after taking office in 1538, consistently carried out the Reformation in his county, which now became Lutheran .
With the reunion policy of France under King Louis XIV , the Wolfisheim office and thus Wolfisheim came under French suzerainty. After the death of the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III. , the inheritance - and with it the Wolfisheim office - fell in 1736 to the son of his only daughter, Charlotte , the hereditary prince and later Landgrave Ludwig (IX) of Hesse-Darmstadt . With the upheaval started by the French Revolution , the Wolfisheim office became part of France and was dissolved in the subsequent administrative reforms.
Population development
| year | 1798 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 554 | 1,679 | 1,780 | 2.014 | 2.135 | 2,674 | 3,832 | 3,930 | 3,999 |
Economy and Infrastructure
In the north, the town is both the National Road (also 4 N Route de Wasselonne called) as well as from the highway touches A 351st It is also on the route of the cross-border circular cycle path Piste des Fort . The place is surrounded by farmland.
Music scene
Since 2011, the Wolfi Jazz Festival, founded and carried out by local musicians, has taken place in the park of Fort Kleber , built in 1875 . With financial support from the region and local companies, the festival offers concerts by internationally known jazz soloists and groups as well as free open-air concerts for just under a week in June .
Personalities
- Georg Friedrich Strass (1701–1773), goldsmith and jeweler Louis XV.
- Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817-1884), chemist
- Maxime Alexandre (1899–1976), surrealist poet
literature
- 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.
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 861-865.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Knöpp, p. 19; Eyer, p. 160.
- ↑ Eyer, p. 54, note 22.
- ↑ Eyer, p. 75.
- ↑ Eyer, p. 79.
- ↑ Eyer, p. 239.
- ^ Matt, p. 9.
- ↑ www.wolfijazz.com, History and previous programs ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
