Haut-Rhin

The department of Haut-Rhin [ oʀɛ ] ( Upper Rhine, literally high and upper Rhine ) is a French department of order number 68 It is in the Alsace region in the east of the country and named after the abutting High Rhine, the border with the Federal Republic of Germany forms. According to a survey dominate 38 % of the population still an indigenous Alemannic dialect. Thus, the dialect here is less prevalent than in other Alsace Department Bas- Rhin.

Geography

The department is located in the south of the Alsace region. The eastern boundary is formed by the Rhine, the Vosges be drawn on the west by the country and in the south the foothills of the Swiss Jura.

The department is bordered to the north by the Alsatian department of Bas- Rhin ( Lower Rhine ), to the east by the state of Baden- Württemberg, in the southeast to the Swiss cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Land, to the south by the Canton of Jura, on the southwest by the Territory Territoire de Belfort Franche -Comté and to the west by the Vosges department of the Lorraine region.

Coat of arms

Description: In red a golden slant right bar with three golden lilies crowns placed on both sides by the beam.

History

Founding and early history

The department was formed from the southern part of the province of Alsace -existing during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was divided into the three districts (French: district ) Altkirch, Belfort and Colmar, the forerunners of the arrondissement. The department and the districts were divided in turn into 32 cantons and had about 290,000 inhabitants. Capital was already at that time Colmar.

The arrondissements Altkirch, Belfort, Colmar, Delémont ( Delsberg ) and Porrentruy ( Pruntrut, former Département du Mont Terrible ) were established on 17 February in 1800. On 30 May 1814, the arrondissements Delémont and Porrentruy were resolved because of the Vienna Congress had granted the territory of the Swiss canton of Bern. 1857 Arrondissement Altkirch was replaced by Mulhouse.

District of Upper Alsace

Of 10 May 1871 ( Treaty of Frankfurt) to 28 June 1919 ( Treaty of Versailles ), the department was part of the German Empire. As a district of Upper Alsace, it belonged to the Empire Country Alsace -Lorraine. The district was divided into six districts: Altkirch ( as before), Gebweiler, Colmar ( as before), Mulhouse ( as before), Rappoltsweiler and Thann. The district Belfort with its French-speaking population remained as Territoire de Belfort in France. The district of Upper Alsace included then 3508 km ² and counted 1885 462 549 inhabitants.

At the top of the district was a district president, district president were:

The representation of the people in the district was the county council. He chose ten members of the National Committee of the Empire State Alsace-Lorraine was set up in 1911 with the Constitution of the State Parliament.

Since the end of World War I

With the reintegration of the department of France of 1919, the division of the circle was almost completely taken over in arrondissement. Gebweiler again became Guebwiller, Mulhouse was to Mulhouse, Rappoltsweiler to Ribeauvillé, only Colmar was divided in Colmar -Ville and Colmar -Campagne, but they were merged again in 1934. The Territoire de Belfort was not reintegrated into Haut -Rhin, but in 1922 a separate department of France, which in 1941 the number of 90 was assigned.

Cities

The most densely populated municipalities of the department of Haut-Rhin are:

Administrative divisions

The department of Haut-Rhin is divided into six arrondissements 31 cantons and 377 communes:

• List of cantons in the department of Haut-Rhin
• List of municipalities in the department of Haut-Rhin