Huningue

Huningue ( German Hüningen in ) is a common French, bordering on Basle, located in the department of the Haut-Rhin and the area Alsace.

Its inhabitants is called the Huninguois .

Geography

Chief town of the canton of the same name, located on the the Rhine at the corner of the Three Borders (France, Switzerland in the south and Germany in the east on Right Bank of the Rhine), Fortress built by Vauban under Louis XIV, account currently nearly 6500 inhabitants.

History

826 : First appearance of Huningue in a document.
the Middle Ages: Huningue is a possession of the Habsbourg and is coveted by Basle.
1648 : Huningue passes from Habsbourg to the crown of France as the remainder of the Alsace by the Traité of Westphalia.
1679 : Louis XIV orders the construction of a fortress with Huningue. The building site begins in 1681 under the direction of Vauban.
1684 : Work of the Forteresse requires the displacement of the population on the island of Aoust and in its surroundings.
1796 - 1797: Huningue is besieged by 20 000 Austrian. The Armée with the Rhine cut off under the order from the general Abbatucci holds the fortress during three months.
1814 : Colonel Chancel of the Napoleonean army cut off with Huningue resisted three months and half the Bavarois.
1815 : Huningue is besieged for the third time as of the June 26th by 20 000 Austrians. The general Barbanègre with the head of a garrison of only 500 men holds the city during 2 months whereas Napoleon had abdicated since nearly 20 days. With its rendering the August 26th the city was nothing any more but one ruin. The place was dismantled at the request of Basle.
1828 : Completion of the Channel of Huningue which is not navigable any more but which currently feeds out of water the Canal of the Rhone in the Rhine.
1846 : Contracting of the communal round of applause to the profit of the communes of Saint-Louis and Village-Nine
1871: fastening with the Germany following the Treated of Frankfurt, consequence of the defeat of 1870-1871.
1918 : Return to France following the Treated of Versailles.
Second world war: The city evacuated in 1939 is destroyed to 60%.
1979: Stop of the connection Hunigue-Weil amndt Rhein by the vat
1993: Inauguration on May 23rd of the Park of Waters Running
2002: Inauguration in February of the Triangle (theater)
2007: Footbridge on the Rhine, connecting Huningue to Weil amndt Rhein in Germany

Economy

Chemical industry, plastic and pharmaceutical

Mainly Swiss firms: Novartis, Ciba, Clariant, Hoffmann it Rock…

Port area
Rhenish Port managed by the Chamber of commerce and of Southern industry Alsace Mulhouse;
Channel of Huningue.

Administration

Twinnings

Demography

provisional population for 2005: 6.324

Places and monuments

historical Museum and soldier

Military life of the old fortress of Vauban. The museum is installed in a civil building of the 17th century, old residence of the intendant of the place and the police chief of the guerres.

Park of Waters Running and the Steering gear

Artificial torrent, kayak, canoe, rafting, stroke out of running water…

Footbridge of the Three Countries, footbridge of only one holding reserved with the pedestrians and cyclists with the top of the Rhine, opened in 2007.

Palmrhein : bridge connecting Huningue and Germany for car, auto-cycles, etc

the Triangle

The Triangle is a cultural complex of 5540m ² cut out in 21 rooms of activity. Created by Jean-Marie Martini, Mulhousian architect it was inaugurated in February 2002. In addition to the many varied spectacles (dance, theater, music, art of the circus, humor) the Triangle also accommodates exposures (sculpture, painting, writing) and a place of exchange, information and animations for the young people. Moreover, periodically th3es dansant are organized, of the workshops philosophy, hearings of the Academy of Arts (music, dance, theater of Huningue), of the conferences and the meetings with artists.

Fleurissement

flowered City: .

Since 1992, Huningue takes part in the Concours of the cities and flowered villages.

1992 - Price of the first participation
1993 - 2nd departmental price
1994 - 1st Fleur
1996 - 2nd Fleur
1999 - 3rd Fleur
2000 - Special price of fleurissement (Grün 2000)
2003 - 4th Fleur
2004 - Conservation of the 4th Fleur
2005 - Conservation of the 4th Fleur

On close 12 000 common Frenchwomen, only 196 are classified 4 Flowers.

Personalities related to the commune

Sebastien Prestre de Vauban: Architect of Louis XIV, it directed the construction of the fortress of Huningue.
Jean-Charles Abbatucci: French general of the Armed with the Rhine. It lost the life following its wounds at the time of an exit during the first seat of the city.
Joseph Barbanègre: French general, cut off with Huningue at the time of the third seat from the city.
Armand Blanchard, French administrator born in Huningue, was mayor of Mulhouse of 1825 to 1830.

Blasonnement

Weapons of Huningue:

Of azure to three flowers of lily of money arranged in fasce, cut of Mouths to three Crowns reversed Gold and posed two and one, and a fasce of Gold stitching on the whole.

See too

Common of Haut-Rhin

External bonds

Site of the company of history of Huningue
Official site
Huningue on the site of the national geographical Institute
Huningue on the site of INSEE
Huningue on the site of Quid
Localization of Huningue on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Huningue on Mapquest

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