Sierentz

Sierentz ( German Sierenz ) is a municipality with 3170 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in Upper Alsace ( Haut -Rhin) in France. It is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the Canton of Sierentz and seat of the municipality Association Pays de Sierentz.

Geography

The municipality is located in Sierentz the Upper Rhine Valley on the southwestern edge of the Harth Forest between Mulhouse (23 km) and the Swiss city Basel (17 km).

History

Upon excavation, a settlement of the locality could be detected from the Neolithic period around 5000 BC.

In the time of the Romans crossed in Sierentz two roads in the east-west and north-south direction. Thanks to them, the place became a well-frequented venue.

From the 10th century Sierentz belonged to the diocese of Basel. 1522 was the settlement over to the Protestant Waldner family friend of stone from Soultz, which was then owned up to the French Revolution.

The now based in Basel Dreyfus banking family has its roots in Sierentz. Your relatives were among the approximately 200 members of the Jewish community, which had also a Talmudic school and a rabbi among themselves. Today there are only remains of the synagogue. To the family today reminds the Dreyfusplatz ( La Place Dreyfus ) in the center of the community.

Other buildings are the former 1839 destroyed " high church " from the 7th century, a Indiennedruckerei and faience.

Until the 1960s a brickworks existed at the village entrance, the building still stands today. The railway line was opened in 1840, the town hall and school buildings ( Mairie - école ) was built in 1865.

Demographics

Culture and sights

The church of St. Martin was built in 1836. It is equipped with a statue of the crucified Christ from the 17th century and a painting of St. Martin. The restored organ dates from 1773.

The traditional Gasthof Saint -Laurent (formerly Gasthof Krone ) was until 1870 the Ausspanne the Karm family.

Regular events

The biggest festival in the city is the annual harvest festival.

Economy and infrastructure

Sierentz is a central place for the local area. Economically important are the residents of the city hotels and restaurants. Also, industrial companies, banks, medical offices and small businesses are well represented.

In the 400 kV sub-station electrical power for Germany, France and Switzerland is traded.

Thanks to the good economic situation, the villagers were given the nickname " Däusiger ". That's Alsatian dialect and means " thousand ".

Traffic

Sierentz is on the railway line Strasbourg -Basel and the Autoroute A35 ( port 34 ). The station is serviced by the line S1 of the Regio S- Bahn Basel and thus has direct trains on the one hand to Mulhouse, on the other hand via Basel to Frick and running castle in the Swiss canton of Aargau.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Klaus Jürgen Bade ( * 1944 ), German historian