Schirmeck
Schirmeck is a commune with 2401 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) and the main town ( chef -lieu ) of the eponymous canton in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region. The villagers Schirmeckois call themselves.
Geography
The neighboring communities are carbon black, Barembach, Rothau, La Broque and Grand Fontaine.
History
The small town of Schirmeck and the eponymous castle above it were up to the Revolution an administrative center of the bishop of Strasbourg. The department of Bas- Rhin was formed in 1790 and was the Schirmeck provisionally allocated. In 1795 it moved to the Vosges. From 1871, belonged Schirmeck and the same canton to Reichsland Alsace- Lorraine. After the end of World War Schirmeck remained with the Alsace or in the rebuilt département Bas -Rhin.
During the German occupation between 1940 and 1944 Schirmeck was teamed with La Broque, Rothau Barembach and the greater community Schirmeck. On the outskirts of La Broque was from August 1940 to November 1944, the security camp Schirmeck Vorbruck, which served the German police authorities, among others, as " re-education camp " as part of the " Germanization " of Alsace.
The Alsace - Moselle Memorial is dedicated to the history of Alsace in the tension between Germany and France. Here on 3000 square meters of written, visual and audio over the period between 1870 and shown to the end of the Second World War since June 2005.
Today the church is a member of the Communauté de communes de la Haute- ruptures.
Demographics
Attractions
- Schirmeck castle ( 13th/14th. Century, restored in the 20th century) with its museum, in the courtyard statue of the Madonna
Personalities
- Jean -Noël Wolf ( b. 1982 ), French road racing cyclist