Ingolsheim

Ingolsheim is a common French, located in the department of the the Low-Rhine and the area Alsace.

The common one belongs to the Regional natural park of the Vosges of North.

Its inhabitants is called the Ingolsheimois or Ingelser in Alsacien.

Geography

Ingolsheim is a small village still mainly agricultural, located between Soultz-under-Forests and Wissembourg, in the North of the Alsace. It is crossed by the river Bremmelbach. The communes bordering are Cleebourg, Hunspach, Riedseltz and Seebach.

History

The village of Ingolsheim finds its origins very early, since the toponym “Ingoldeshaha” finds as of 967 in the imperial charter of Otton II.

The name transferred then several times until reaching its final name.

The Réforme is introduced in 1558 and a simultaneum is in force until in 1900 (date of construction of the Catholic church).

The Second world war is a severely tested for the inhabitants, which had with the proximity of the Ligne Maginot (less than 1 km), and in particular the work strengthened of Schoenenbourg.

The inhabitants are evacuated with Bessines-on-Gartempe, in High-Vienna.

Economy

Mainly agricultural. The inhabitants of Ingolsheim work in the neighborhood cities.

Administration

Demography

provisional population for 2004: 290

Places and monuments

Many half-timbered houses
Line Maginot

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Low-Rhine
Lingolsheim, in the south-west of the agglomeration of Strasbourg.

External bonds

Ingolsheim on the site of the national geographical Institute
Ingolsheim on the site of INSEE
Ingolsheim on the site of Quid
Localization of Ingolsheim on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Ingolsheim on Mapquest

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