Hagenthal-le-Bas

Hagenthal -le- Bas ( German Niederhagen Thal ) is a commune with 1169 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Haut-Rhin in the Alsace region. It belongs to the district Mulhouse, on the Canton Huningue and is the seat of the municipal association Porte du Sundgau.

Geography

The community Hagenthal -le- Bas in is at the southeastern edge of the Sundgau, on the border with Switzerland, about eight kilometers southwest of Basel. Through the community of Lertzbach flows ( on Swiss territory Lörzbach called ). Hagenthal -le- Bas and the neighboring community Hagenthal -le-Haut form a closed settlement area.

Neighboring communities of Hagenthal -le- Bas are Wentzwiller in the north, Buschwiller and beautiful book ( Switzerland ) in the Northeast, Neuwiller in the east, Leymen in the south, Hagenthal -le-Haut in the west and Folgensbourg in the northwest.

Demographics

Attractions

  • Castle (Château de Hagenthal -le- Bas ), proposed since 2003 owned by the municipality as a monument historique
  • Church of St. Peter and Paul
  • Cross -increasing chapel ( Chapelle de l' Exaltation de la Sainte -Croix ) from 1842

Toxic waste

In a concrete sample laboratory analyzes have revealed an alarming level. Extrapolated to 1 kilograms concrete experts have detected 750 grams of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH). The poison is already more than three decades on the footpaths as gravel and concrete - with the rain water, traces of the poison gets into the meadows and in the Lörxbach. The environmental organization PingWin Planet showed HCH in water samples, as well as in the sediments of the creek, where they even found HCH particles. The HCH is derived from the French factory Ugine Kuhlmann, who has until 1976 made ​​in Huningue the repellent lindane. In the production of lindane caused 20 % product and 80 % of HCH waste. The French authorities have known since 1972 of toxic HCH gravel in Hagenthal. The Office of Environment and Energy of the Canton of Basel-Country in 2005 HCH found in the water of Lörxbachs - without reacting. The Lörxbach forms z.T. the border between France and Switzerland.

Personalities

  • Raphael Ris (also: Raphael Ries; 1728-1813 ), Swiss rabbi and Kabbalist
  • Abraham Ris (also: Abraham Ries; 1763-1834 ), Swiss rabbi

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