Soultz-Haut-Rhin
Soultz-Haut-Rhin (German: Sulz/Oberelsaß) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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| Coordinates: 47°53′10″N 7°13′47″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller |
| Canton | Guebwiller |
| Intercommunality | Région de Guebwiller |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Denis Meyer |
| Area 1 | 29.56 km2 (11.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 7,072 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68315 /68360 |
| Elevation | 239–1,421 m (784–4,662 ft) (avg. 270 m or 890 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Its inhabitants are called Soultziens (male) or Soultziennes (female).
Geography
The town of Soultz-Haut-Rhin has an enclave located northeast of Goldbach-Altenbach.
The town of Soultz was built around a salted water source from which originates its name.
History
The origins of Soultz go back to the 7th century.
667 : the written name of Sulza (salted source) is mentioned in a donation from Adalrich, Duke of Alsace, father of Saint Odile, of the bann of Soultz to the convent of Ebersmunster.
The Soultz Railway was a 9.8 km (6.1 mi) long military light railway with a track gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) that the Germans built and operated during World War I from Soultz to the Niederwald terminus below the Hartmannswillerkopf near Wattwiller.
Demography
- 1962 : 4750
- 1968 : 4910
- 1975 : 5689
- 1982 : 5696
- 1990 : 5867
- 1999 : 6640
- 2006 : 7184
- 2011 : 7327
- 2016 : 7247
Places of interest
Soultz has houses from the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
- The Church of Saint-Maurice is a Gothic building (1270–1489)
- Château de Buchenek is a 13th-century castle, now a museum
- La Nef des Jouets (The Toys Vessel, museum of toys)
- The 1860 town hall is a Renaissance Revival building
People
- Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, who married Catherine Gontcharoff, eldest sister of Alexander Pushkin's wife, and killed Pushkin in a duel.
- Auguste-César West (1810–1880), prefect of Haut-Rhin from 1848 to 1850 then prefect of Bas-Rhin until 1855 and of Haute-Garonne until 1859.
- Bernard Genghini, footballer, born in 1958 in Soultz
- Pierre Villon (1901–1980), whose real name was Pierre Ginsburger, was a French political figure who took part in the Resistance.
- Katia Krafft, volcanologist, born in 1942 in Soultz. Wife of the volcanologist Maurice Krafft. Both of them were carried off in 1991 by a pyroclastical flow on the sides of the Mount Unzen (Japan).
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Soultz-Haut-Rhin. |
- Site officiel de la mairie de Soultz
- Soultz-Haut-Rhin on the Institut géographique national website
- Soultz-Haut-Rhin on the INSEE website
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