Rahling

Rahling ( German Rahlingen 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.

Geography

Located over large the Road of Saar-Union at Bitche, in country discovered, the large Village of Rahling is spread out with the Carrefour Route S of Montbronn to Schmittviller and of Butten, with the doors of the uneven Alsace.

Variations and localities

Many variations existed on the communal Ban .

There remains still today the firm and the Chapelle of Altkirch (the old woman church), on the Ban of the Village disappeared from Oldingen .
the Chapelle Saint-Wendelin points out the to remember another Village disappeared, Weiher (the pond).
As for the firm of Janau, in north-eastern limit of the Territory, it is given in 1736 in Fief to Jean-Antoine Guichenon, subdelegated baillage of Sarreguemines. It is rebuilt or transformed into 1784.

History

This old man Village, as the presence of several Gallo-Roman sites attests it on its Ban, is mentioned in 1150 in the form Radingen , of the Germanic Nom of Homme Rado and of the suffix - ing .

The prosperity of the Village, more populated county of Bitche at the 18th century, is explained by the richness of sound Terroir, favourable with the culture of the Céréale S and with the Viticulture. Many a craftsmen carried on their activities in the Village at the 18th century and 19th century, among which tailors of stone and sculptors, which one finds the Outil S represented on several lintel X of carries and whose work S are still preserved at Rahling and in some Village S neighbors.

Worships

The Village is old a Paroisse of the archpriest of Bouquenom, last in 1802 in that of Rohrbach-lès-Bitche, with Schmittviller like appendix until in 1837. The church, dedicated to holy Christophe, is rebuilt first once in 1595, under the Curé Jacques Pistor. From this time, there remains the base of the turn-bell-tower and the stone of foundation deposited.

Administration

From the administrative point of view, the Village is common canton of Bouquenom of 1790 to 1793 then passes in that of Rohrbach-lès-Bitche, with Schmittviller like appendix between 1811 and 1846.

Demography

The Population increases considerably until the middle of the 19th century, passing from 919 inhabitants in 1801 at 1382 in 1851. Since the beginning of the 20th century, it is stationary and counts 793 more inhabitants with the Recensement of 1999.

Places and monuments

the parish church, dedicated to holy Christophe, is rebuilt first once in 1595.
the castle, built in edge is Village, is mentioned as of the 14th century.
Built with the height of the church, but on other side of the street of Alsace, the House of Jean Burgun and his wife Elisabeth Lampert is vast a building of the semi-urban type high in 1796. Preceded by two Lion S in sandstone, the carries of entry is characteristic of a whole series of doors met with Rahling but also in the villages close to Etting, Large-Réderching and Montbronn. She wants to be at the same time a demonstration of the knowledge-fire of the craftsman and a presentation of the various fields of her activity. The door represents thus compass, square, Brette, Têtu, Pic, Ciseau X, Laye and mallet being used at the same time with the mason, to the tailor of stone and the sculptor which it was.
Of plan in L , the firm located at 5 bis rue des Orchard S, is built at the end of the 18th century or at the beginning of the 19th century. It has a home including/understanding a Rez-de-chaussée raised and a stage, largely lit by bay S covered with lintel X chamfered in segmentary arc . The farm , in the prolongation on the left, is preceded by a Appentis closed by Planche S, the Schopf of the uneven Alsace and country of Phalsbourg, intended to shelter the farm equipment and the Bois of Chauffage. For the Lorraine , it is one of the most septentrional examples of this very widespread device more in the south.

Personalities related to the commune

Sources

mills and sawmills of the Country of Bitche , Joel Beck, 1999.
Rohrbach-lès-Bitche and its canton , Joel Beck, 1988.
the canton of Rohrbach-lès-Bitche , Joel Beck, 2004.
Country of Bitche 1900-1939 , Joel Beck, 2005.

See too

Common of the Moselle

External bonds

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

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