Soultz-Haut-Rhin
Encyclopedia
Soultz-Haut-Rhin is a commune
in the Haut-Rhin
department in Alsace
in north-eastern France
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Its inhabitants are called Soultziens.
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The town of Soultz was built around a salted water source from which originates its name.
667 : the written name of Sulza (salted source) ismentioned in a donation from Adalrich, Duke of Alsace
, father of Saint Odile
, of the bann of Soultz to the convent of Ebersmunster
.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin is a département of the Alsace region of France, named after the Rhine river. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departements of Alsace, although is still densely populated compared to the rest of France.-Subdivisions:The department...
department in Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Its inhabitants are called Soultziens.
Geography
The town of Soultz-Haut-Rhin has an enclave located northeast of Goldbach-AltenbachGoldbach-Altenbach
Goldbach-Altenbach is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
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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) ismentioned in a donation from Adalrich, Duke of Alsace
Adalrich, Duke of Alsace
Adalrich , also known as Eticho, was the Duke of Alsace, the founder of the family of the Etichonids, and an important and influential figure in the power politic of late seventh-century Austrasia....
, father of Saint Odile
Odile
St Odile of Alsace is a saint venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, although according to the current liturgical calendar her feastday is not officially commemorated. She is a patroness of good eyesight.She was the daughter of Etichon , Duke of Alsace. She was born blind...
, of the bann of Soultz to the convent of Ebersmunster
Ebersmunster
Ebersmunster is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It is famous for its 1727 baroque church, a work by Vorarlberg architect Peter Thumb.-References:*...
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Demography
- 1962 : 4750
- 1968 : 4910
- 1975 : 5689
- 1982 : 5696
- 1990 : 5867
- 1999 : 6640
- 2006 : 7184
Places of interest
Soultz has houses from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.- The Church Saint-Mauritius, l'église Saint-Maurice (1270–1489)
- The Bucheneck Castle (historical museum)
- La Nef des Jouets (The Toys Vessel, museum of toys)
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-RhinHaut-RhinHaut-Rhin is a département of the Alsace region of France, named after the Rhine river. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departements of Alsace, although is still densely populated compared to the rest of France.-Subdivisions:The department...
from 1848 to 1850 then prefect of Bas-RhinBas-RhinBas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...
until 1855 and of Haute-GaronneHaute-GaronneHaute-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city is Toulouse.-History:Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc.The...
until 1859. - Bernard GenghiniBernard GenghiniBernard Genghini is a French former football midfielder.- International :He earned 27 caps and scored 6 goals for the France national football team...
, footballist, born in 1958 in Soultz - Pierre VillonPierre VillonPierre Villon was a member of the French Communist Party and of the French Resistance during the war. With his true name of Roger Ginsburger, he was an architect...
(1901–1980), whose real name was Pierre Ginsburger, was a French political figure who took part to the ResistanceFrench ResistanceThe French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
. - Katia Krafft, volcanologue, born in 1942 in Soultz. Spouse of the volcanologue Maurice Krafft. Both of them were carried off in 1991 by a pyroclastical flow on the sides of the Mount UnzenMount Unzenis an active volcanic group of several overlapping stratovolcanoes, near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on the island of Kyūshū, Japan’s southernmost main island....
(Japan).