Lingolsheim

Lingolsheim (Alsatian Lengelse in ) is a common French, located in the department of the the Low-Rhine and the area Alsace.

Geography

Lingolsheim is located in the western/south-western suburbs of the agglomeration of Strasbourg and is accessible from Strasbourg by the highway A35, and by the secondary roads 392 and 222. The commune is served by the line of train Strasbourg-Molsheim-Sélestat like by the buses of CTS n°12, 13,15 and 50 and is located at 5 km of the Aéroport of Strasbourg Entzheim.

History

Prehistory

The prehistoric site of Lingolsheim is of a great richness. The archeologists discovered many necropoles informing us not only about the funerary rites, but also about the populations and their traditions. All the periods are represented: Paleolithic , Neolithic or Bronze Age .

The abundance of the vestiges found between 1910 and 1936 by the archeologist Robert Forrer, former director of the archaeological museum of Strasbourg, is explained by the exploitation of the basements by the many sand pits of Lingolsheim and of the surroundings.

Romans at the 20th century

If the vestiges of the Roman epoch are rare, those of the Early middle ages are more numerous. A cemetery mérovingien delivered eight tombs dating from 6th and 7th centuries after J-C.

The name of the city is mentioned for the first time under the name of Lingolsvesheim at the 12th century, is transformed into Lingolsvisheim or Lingolslzheim . It is in 1620 that the name Lingolsheim appears.

With the Middle Ages, the village was victim of the war of the peasants of 1525 and of two fires which destroyed all on their passage, the first in 1621 at the time of the Thirty Year old Guerre, the second at the time of the battles of Entzheim in 1674.

The village also knew its hour of glory as from the 15th century thanks to the pilgrimage of the Three Crosses attended until the Réforme.

The 20th century

Following the defeat of 1871, the Germans annex Alsace. The city is modernized quickly. Demographic rise, economic transfers, urbanization characterize this period.

This modernization, partly, was made possible by the installation, at the end of the 19th century, the Adler-Oppenheimer tanners and the fulgurating development of the company. The city becomes " metropolis of the cuir" (see external bonds). 2000 workmen are employed by the company in 1914.

After the First World War, Alsace is again French, the company is taken again by the Tanneries of France.

It is also of this time that date the development of the sand pits. The grounds of Lingolsheim, rich in red and white sand, are exploited intensively as of the end of the 19th century.

The war

If Lingolsheim were touched little during war 14-18, it was not the same at the time of the Second world war. The Tanneries, in front of the imminent danger, are evacuated with Rennes where they will remain until the end of the hostilities. Lingolsheim, incorporated in the Großstraßburg with the autumn 1940. The buildings of the Tanneries are transformed into an important repair shop of tanks. Lingolsheim is victim of several bombardments.

Administration

Demography

With the March 8th, 1999 , Lingolsheim counted 16860 inhabitants ( 8078 men and 8782 women), that is to say a density of 2963 inhabitants with the km ².

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

Yves Bur - President of the UMP of the the Low-Rhine and vice-president of the National Assembly

See too

Common of the Low-Rhine
Ingolsheim, in the north of the the Low-Rhine

External bonds

the official site of the historical town of Lingolsheim

of the tanneries of Lingolsheim

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

Seen air of the southern part of Lingolsheim
Seen air of the northern part of Lingolsheim
the synagog of Lingolsheim

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