Hirschland

Deer Country is a commune of 333 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region. It belongs to Canton Drulingen and the Local Government Association, Alsace Bossue.

Geography

Deer Country is located in the Crooked Alsace, 54 kilometers north- west of Strasbourg, 12 kilometers northeast of Sarrebourg and 7 kilometers southwest from the cantonal capital Drulingen between the neighboring communities Baerendorf in the West, Eschwiller in the Northeast and Rauwiller in the south. The Isch flows through the municipal area.

History

Hirsch country was (52 BC to the 5th century ) inhabited in Gallo-Roman times. 1897 a villa rustica and a bas-relief was discovered. The relief is 1.57 inches high, 52 inches wide and 37 inches deep, it is " Hercules from Drulingen " ( Hercule de Drulingen ) is called and the Archaeological Museum of Strasbourg ( Musée archéologique ).

The village was first mentioned in documents as millet lands in the 9th century. It is believed that at that time preferred millet was cultivated. Why the name from 1448 to deer country was is not clear. Today, however, the municipal coat of arms shows a deer. In the Middle Ages to the Reformation ( 1557) Hirsch country was a place of pilgrimage for the veneration of the Holy Adelphus ( 4th to 5th centuries). The place belonged to the county Saarwerden. In the Thirty Years' War, especially from 1629 to 1648 the village was devastated. Many families fled temporarily to Strasbourg.

After the peace of Ryswick in 1697, many Swiss settlers were mainly from the canton of Bern, located in deer country. By the conclusion of peace the town fell to dieGrafschaft Saarbrücken. Around 1730 begins a wave of emigration, many Hirschlandais migrate to the United States, especially to Pennsylvania or Eastern Europe. 1745 Hirsch country was subordinated to the governor of Harskirchen. 1793 was the village of France. In the wake of the French Revolution, it was given the status of a municipality (as Herschland ) and 1801 the right to local self-government (under the modern place- names).

Demographics

291 332 329 284 286 340

Attractions

The nave of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Deer Country was built in 1755 to plans by the architect Friedrich Joachim Stengel ( 1694-1787 ). The bell tower of the church dates from the 16th century.

The upper and lower mill are two former grain mills. The lower mill was built in 1860 and until 1945 was in operation. The upper mill was built in 1823 and was until 1897 as a working mill, after which it was converted into a sawmill and a plant for plants for crushing stone. She was in operation until 1965.

Economy

Major lines of business of Hirschlandais are agriculture and breeding of domestic bovines, pigs and domestic horses. There is a dairy cooperative on site.