Oberhaslach

Oberhaslach is a commune with 1777 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the area of the Vosges in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region. South-east is the neighboring village Niederhaslach. They are both connected by the D 218 to the network of the department of roads. In Oberhaslach the D75, which traverses the Forêt de domaniale Haslach begins. In the southwest of the village is affected by a stream called hazel, a tributary of the Breusch which opens itself later in Strasbourg in the Ill.

Demographics

Coat of arms

The name " Haslach " "comes from the Bach hazel ( Haselbach ) whose first known mention of " Rivolus Hasla " dated to 817. The Haslach- Bach, from MHG Hasalah, thus was a stream, on whose banks hazel bushes were planted. The coat of arms of the village comprises, for this reason a hazel branch and a shepherd's crook. this coat of arms is discovered for the first time in 1576 on a stamp, which was found on a contemporary document.

Attractions

• The ruins Nideck consists of the older upper castle ( only small residues) and the keep of the castle deeper. It is the birthplace of the Alsatian legend and the poem The Giant toy. The medal on the castle tower reminiscent of Adelbert von Chamisso, whose version of the legend is the world's most famous.
• The waterfall Cascade du Nideck ( natural monument ); below the castle ruins Nideck plunges 25 meters over the river hazel over a rock of volcanic rocks at depth.
• The natural monument Rocher du Pfaffenlapp, promontory (658 m) with remarkable views of the heights of the Schneeberg, the castle ruins Nideck and the Valley of hazel in the Vosges
• The natural monument Porte de Pierre ( door frame ) is an impressive rock formation between Urmatt and Oberhasbach.
• The Hohenstein castle is a building of the 13th century and was built on a rock. To the north stood the castle tower, behind it stood the house. A wall surrounded the stronghold. The fortification was destroyed in 1338 by the Strasbourg Bishop Bertold of Buchegg, who had spent a summer there as a prisoner.
• The castles ringed stone dated to the 12th century. There are only a few ruins of the castle small ringed stone left in ruins remained from the higher ( 644 m ), but already in 1470 destroyed large castle ringed stone.
• The hermitage of Saint- Florent was built on the site of an older building of the 1315 in 1750.
• The church of Saint - Arbogast in Oberhaslach was built from 1782 to 1784. You is named after Arbogast from Strasbourg († 618 ), a canonized bishop of Strasbourg.
• The former imperial hunting lodge gene castle of William II from 1898, Pavillon de chasse de l' empereur gene Bourg, is at 759 m high Spitzberg. Here he wanted to go hunting, and therefore built there about 40 kilometers north of the defiant restored Hochkönigsburg a stately house hunting. But the Emperor himself never took up the path, only his son Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm stayed up there four times and enjoyed the fantastic views of the Rock of Dabo. After the First World War, the French Forestry Commission drew a. Today the estate as a " Relais de gene castle " privately owned and rented.
• The Chapelle de Bourg gene, from the 19th century and built in the Romanesque Revival style, is now privately owned.
• Maison de forestiere Haslach, provided imperial hunting lodge Haslach for Wilhelm II in Oberhaslach
• Office of the association Les Géants you Nideck / The giants of Nideck. He held every two to three years a symposium with sculptors from different countries. They live and work for three weeks together. Their works are then placed on a hiking trail in the region. During working hours, the sculptor to visitors.

Waterfall Cascade du Nideck

Hohenstein castle

Castle ruin large ringed stone

Traces the ruins of small stone - ringed

Community partnership

Between Oberhaslach and the Italian community Sarezzo in Lombardy since 2007, a community partnership.