Illfurth

Illfurth ( German Illfurt ) is a commune with 2512 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Haut-Rhin in the Alsace region. It is the seat of the municipal association Secteur d' illfurth.

Geography

Illfurth between Frœningen and Tagolsheim, 10 kilometers southwest of Mulhouse and is passed from the Rhone-Rhine Canal and the Largue, a tributary of the River Ill. The Department of Road D432 runs in the municipality.

History

The name illfurth is of Germanic origin and means ford in the Ill. The oppidum of Britzgyberg at illfurth proves that the area was settled as early as the Hallstatt period.

Illfurth belonged until 1324 to the county Pfirt, then until 1648 the House of Habsburg. Since it is part of France.

Demographics

Culture and sights

Illfurth nationally represented with a flower in the Conseil des villes et villages fleuris ( National Council of flowery towns and villages ). The " flowers " are awarded as part of a national competition, a maximum of four flowers can be achieved.

The ruins of the oppidum of Britzgyberg on the Britzgyberg are registered in the Register of Monuments historiques additive ( monuments ).

The moth of Küppele stands between illfurth and Zillisheim. It was discovered in 1857 during archaeological excavations.

The 1968 built until 1970 Parish Church of St. Martin in illfurth has a distinctive look for which the architect Pierre Ganton from Lyon and Leo Schlegel are from Lutterbach. The shape of the church describes a pyramid, with the slate roof was pulled down almost to the ground. The parsonage - cultivation in the Northeast was doing with integrated into the overall concept.

Economy and infrastructure

Illfurth has a station on the railway line Paris -Mulhouse, at that keep trains of TER TER Alsace and Franche -Comté. The main activities of the Illfurthois are farming, fruit growing and breeding of domestic cattle and hogs.