Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine
Sainte -Croix -en- Plaine ( German Holy Cross ) is a commune with 2777 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Haut-Rhin in the Alsace region. It belongs to the district of Colmar, Canton of Colmar- Sud and the Communauté d' agglomération de Colmar.
- 3.1 Partner community
Geography
The municipality of Sainte -Croix -en- Plaine is located on the river Ill in the Upper Rhine Plain, about ten kilometers south of Colmar. In the west the municipality up to the Thur enough, in the southeast to the Canal Vauban, which leads from Ensisheim Neuf -Brisach. On the western edge of the site the Autoroute A35 runs (L' Alsacienne ).
Neighboring municipalities of Sainte -Croix -en- Plaine are Colmar in the north, Sundhoffen and Logelheim in the northeast, Hettenschlag in the east, Dessenheim the southeast, Niederhergheim and Oberhergheim ( point of contact ) to the south, Herrlisheim- près -Colmar in the west and Eguisheim and Wettolsheim in the northwest.
History
The village grew out of a convent of Benedictine nuns, which was founded in 1006-1035 by Count Hugo von Eguisheim at the now-vanished village Woffenheim. His son, Bruno,. Than Leo IX Had become pope, consecrated in 1049, the first abbess, and the church dedicated to the Holy Cross. Beginning of the 13th century were attached by a wall monastery and village, in 1250 the town was entitled oppidum Sanctae Crucis. In the late Middle Ages, the town was under the rule of the Habsburgs. King Maximilian I Holy Cross withdrew during the Bavarian War of Succession, the Count Palatine Philip, saying it Heinrich Wetzel of Marsilien as a pledge to. Later, the place he was given the right to two annual fairs to cross - discovery and St. Bartholomew. 1512 deprived the Emperor Jews the right to live in the city and to act there. For 12,000 Rhenish guilders of Heiligkreiz sold to Jacob Villingen of Schoenberg. This was the place as full ownership, with high and low jurisdiction. Austria retained only the country's taxes and the appeal to the Ensisheimer regiment. From 1640 the Holy Cross was one of Colmar.
Demographics
Policy
Composed of 23 people council was elected in March 2008. Next to the mayor François Heymann It consists of eight women and 14 men.
Partner community
The German partner community Merdingen located 23 km due east on the other side of the Rhine, west of Freiburg im Breisgau. The partnership was established in 1968.
Attractions
The church of Saint - Barthélemy ( St. Bartholomew's Church ) was built on the site of the old Abbey Church of Sainte - Croix. The tower, built in 1700 on Roman foundations. The Gothic choir dates from the 15th century. Which has become too small nave was 1827/29 rebuilt. A special treasure is the organ built in 1840 by the Brothers Callinet ( Joseph/1795-1857 and Claude Ignace/1803-1874 ), which is considered among connoisseurs as one of the finest organs in Alsace.