Lampertsloch

Lampertsloch is a commune with 711 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region. It belongs to Canton Wœrth and the Local Government Association, Sauer -Pechelbronn.

Geography

The municipality is part of the Natural Park of the Northern Vosges, the French part of the biosphere reserve Palatinate Forest -Vosges du Nord. Lampertsloch located between the neighboring communities in the southwest and Preuschdorf Lobsann in the Northeast, 5.6 km northeast of the capital of the canton of Woerth, 16 kilometers northeast of Haguenau and 42 kilometers north of Strasbourg.

History

In 1570 Lampertsloch was reformed.

On 4 August 1944 during the Second World War ( 1939-1945), Lampertsloch was bombed and destroyed the " Pechelbronner oil mines " to 90%.

Demographics

Attractions

The parish church of Tous -les -Saints is an interdenominational church, it is used for Catholic and Evangelical- Lutheran church services since 1763. Her oldest part is the bell tower, whose vaulted roof on the ground floor dates from the 13th or 14th century. The entrance portal was rebuilt in the 15th century. From 1827-1830, the church was restored and furnished completely renewed. The cemetery was moved out of the town center.

Economy

Major lines of business of Lampertslochois (residents ) are forestry, iron mining, fruit growing and the breeding of domestic animals. There are oil deposits on site, which were already in 1498 first mentioned. Johann Georg Krünitz (1728-1796) wrote:

" Lampertsloch, a village in office Verwoerd, in Hesse-Darmstadt urban reign Lichtenberg, is to remember because of the stone Oehles, which springs from the earth. "

1742 began Ancillon Louis Pierre de la Sablonnière reduce oil deposits. 1768 was added in the family Le Bel and founded the " Pechelbronner oil mines ." Oil production was discontinued in 1952 and the rest of the operation in 1963.