Eguelshardt

Eguelshardt ( German Egelshardt in ) is a common French, located in the department of the the Moselle and the area Lorraine. The Village belongs to the Regional natural park of the Vosges of North and of the basin of life of the Moselle-is.

It shelters the Star of the Morning , a school for boys held by the Fathers of the sacerdotal Fraternité Saint-Magpie X.

Geography

This Village with vast Ban is located in the Vallée Falkensteinerbach and belonged to the Regional natural park of the Vosges of North. It is located in the middle of the Pays of Bitche, in country covered, on the Route driving of Bitche to Niederbronn.

The Agglomération is stretched in a very loose fabric in the Vallée of the Falkensteinerbach and along the Route of Waldeck. Halfway between these two zones, isolated on a light eminence, the parish church rises.

Variations and localities

the firm of Bannstein , on the Road of Philippsbourg.
the appendix of Bellerstein .
the Maison of the appendix of Eichelsberg is built in 1845.
the appendices of Erbsenthal and Glasbronn date from the beginning of the 19th century.
some House S of the Paper mill .
the hamlet of the Schweizerländel , being composed of some House S, date of the middle of the 18th century.
the Mill .
the forest Maison of the Armberg is demolished in 1890.
old the appendices of Hof and Hubel , formed in the middle of the 19th century, are now attached to the Village.
the Village disappeared from Neuzinsel .
the hamlet of Waldeck .

History

Polishing machines are visible in the center of the Village. The Nom of the Village is mentioned in its current form in 1329, Eguelshardt , of the name of old the German Hard , the Forêt with Pâturage S, and Egel of Egala , the Sangsue.

In 1337, the Château of Waldeck returns to the family of Deux-Ponts - Bitche then, in 1571, with the duke of Lorraine. Eguelshardt is castle and stronghold then, since 1594, Mairie of the seigniory of Bitche with the old strongholds of Gentersberg and Waldeck. The village is indicated to the 16th century with church and Fief of the lords of Ettendorf. In 1592, the farm of Eguelshardt is indicated as being in ruins. In 1603 begins the installation from the stones marking the Frontière between the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg and the Duché of Lorraine. The Château of Waldeck is integrated into the Duché of Lorraine in 1606. In 1616, sums of money of repair are allotted for repair of the firm , demolished by acts of war. After the War Thirty Year old, in 1661, the Village still is given up and completely destroyed. In 1635, the Château of Waldeck is dismantled by the French troops marshal of the Force. In 1708, Eguelshardt and Waldeck count each one three families, that is to say approximately thirty-five people, then ten family S in 1732. In 1750, one counts a hundred and fifty hearts.

Eguelshardt and its dozen variations were transformed into Village at the 18th century because of the development of industrial activities installed along the Falkensteinerbach, and that are the Scierie S, forging mills, paper mills and Moulin S. In 1732, the Village, of recent origin, is still mentioned like simple firm. During the Second world war, the inhabitants are evacuated with Saint-Simon (Charente) on September 1st 1939. The Village is bombarded in December 1944 and is released the March 28th 1945 by the American troops . The Military Cross with bronze star is allotted to the commune for " its sacrifices, assistance brought to the escaped prisoners of war and his attachment to the France " .

Worships

From the spiritual point of view, the Village is an old subsidiary company of the Paroisse of Schorbach, set up in Paroisse of the archpriest of Bitche in 1802. The church of the Exaltation of the Holy-Cross, pretty building of pink sandstone, is built in 1854 with 1858.

Administration

Demography

The Population of the Village increased in the current of the 19th century, passing from 265 inhabitants in 1817 with 477 in 1852, the figure of the Recensement of 1882 giving a report on 403 inhabitants.

Places and monuments

the pond and the Castle of Waldeck, built at the beginning of the 13th century.
the church of the Exaltation of the pink Holy-Cross of sandstone Neo-gothic, of style basilical.
the Notre-Dame vault of Wood, in the variation of Erbsenthal.
the Terminal S installation in 1605 to materialize the news Border between the Duchy of Lorraine and the county of Hanau. They are visible on the forest road of Hanau.
Below the church, on the road of Waldeck, a firm is built in 1767 for the Meunier Jean Dubernel and his wife Ass-Maria Stuhl, with the logi and the exploitation separated, preceded by a closed court. Except for the ground floor builds in masonry, the remainder of the home is entirely in side-of-wood, in implementation a traditional. On the right of the principal frontage, the corner post dug of a niche, which sheltered a Statue Blessed Virgin, carries the name of the owners and the date 1767, which one finds on the lintel door and barn. A prophylactic inscription, engraved and painted on the sand pit of roof of the right pinion wall, calls the protection of God on the house and cpntre calls upon it the calamities: the Fire of the Sky, the Water, the murder and the Fire.
polishing machines, very many in this geographical sector of the Vosges of North.
Several remarkable sandy formations, of which some are officially agreed for the practice of the sporting climbing (installation of climbing ways to the varied degrees of difficulty); examples: Schloesschen (Bellerstein), Armsberg (Northern and Southern), Sandkopf and Waldeck (arranged), Kandelfels (classified in Natural reserve, limited access but so enthralling visit…), Erbsenfels (famous for its impressive arch! ).

Armorial bearings

The armorial bearings of the village are: of Gold to the vivrée of Mouths, surmounted fasce of a Cross of Lorraine of very the .

The vivrée fasce is borrowed from the weapons of the family of Kirkel, which had with the Moyen-âge the Château of Waldeck. The Cross of Lorraine recalls the membership of the village to the Lorraine county of Bitche, and also that the church of the common is dedicated to the Holy Cross.

Personalities related to the commune

Sources

mills and sawmills of the Country of Bitche , Joel Beck, 1999.
Country of Bitche 1900-1939 , Joel Beck, 2005.

See too

Common of the Moselle

External bonds

Éguelshardt on the site Welcome in the Country of Bitche!
Éguelshardt on the site of the National Geographical Institute
Éguelshardt on the site of INSEE
Éguelshardt on the site of Quid
Localization of Éguelshardt on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Éguelshardt on Mapquest
Eguelshardt on the site of the Countries of Bitche and the Saar

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