Drachenbronn-Birlenbach

Drachenbronn - Birlenbach is a commune with 962 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) on the eastern side of the Vosges in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region.

History

The first written mention Drachenbronns dates back to 1298th It (French Ribeaupierre today ) are the neighboring village Birlenbach and Drachenbronn the men to Rappoltstein attributed. The village was then called Trachenburg, a name that dates back to the colonization of the Franks in the 8th century.

In 1554 the Reformation was imposed from the stain Steinem in Drachenbronn. In 1720 - after the extinction of the family of Fleckenstein - the village went into the possession of Goellnitz over, then, mid-17th century in the possession of Wrede and Esebeck. During the Revolution Drachenbronn was incorporated in Soultz sous Forêts the circle.

Until the 1920s Drachenbronn was known mainly for its cherries and his chestnuts. From 1929 to the northeast of the site the Ouvrage Hochwald, a large artillery fortifications of the Maginot Line, built. The work consists of a system of tunnels and underground fight units and an anti-tank ditch. On the grounds of a church camp was established; it was the military settlement later.

During the Second World War, the population was evacuated from September 1939 to September 1940 after Bessines in the Haute -Vienne.