Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett

Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett is a common French, located in the department of the the Low-Rhine and the area Alsace. January 1st, 1975, the commune of Irmstett amalgamates with that of Scharrachbergheim to become Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett.

Geography

The village of Scharrachbergheim is located between Amberg (246 m) and Scharrach (301 m) which mark the beginning of the under-Vosgean hills with the west of the distant agglomeration Strasbourg eoise of a score of kilometers. Separated by the Mossig which run out towards the south and by the secondary road 422 which connects Molsheim to Saverne, the village of Irmstett is on the slope is of Krummberg (265 m) below the vineyards of the great wine Altenberg de Bergbieten.

Marked by the RD 422 with great circulation, the commune is between Marlenheim to 6,5 km, Molsheim to 8 km and the access to RD 1004 to nearly 5 km. In addition to this axis, the RD 225 Scharrachbergheim structure in village-street according to a East-West axis while the RD 818 makes it possible to connect Dahlenheim. The commune was formerly served by the Molsheim railway line - Saverne, but this way closed down today, was developed in cycle track. The network of public transport per bus " network 67" (managed by the department of the Low-Rhine) the village serves on lines 212 and 208.

The landscape is dominated by the vines over the slopes of Scharrach like over those of Amberg and Krummberg, justifying the name of the sector " Carry of Vignoble".

The communes bordering are Osthoffen in the east, Dahlenheim in south-east, Soultz-the-Baths in the south, Traenheim in the west and Odratzheim in the North-West.

Heraldic

The weapons join together the two historical blazons of Scharrachbergheim ( of money to the rock of chess-board of mouths on a mount of three coupeaux of sinople, driving point ) and of Irmstett ( of mouths to money the covering goat lampassé of the field ).

History

Old village having belonged to the family of Géroldseck until in 1390, then with the family of Ochsenstein. The lords of Scharroch who gave their name to the city held Scharrachbergheim in Fief until in 1454. The primitive castle, located at the top of Scharrach was plundered by the Armagnacs in 1444.

Reformed in 1538, the village becomes Protestant with Irmsett like appendix. The catholics depended on the parish of Dahlenheim.

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Demography

Places and monuments

Catholic church Saint Jean Baptist (19th century)
Protestant church (12th-19th century). Romance sculptures on the frontage of the turn-bell-tower. The primitive church was surrounded by a strengthened cemetery. The sculpture representing a head of monster devouring a man, embedded in the chain of north-western angle could be an allegory of Christianity overcoming the paganinism or the Evil devouring humanity.
castle (15th-19th century), currently private property. Wasserburg, built in 1450 per Jean de Scharrach following the destruction of the castle of Scharrach, the building was restored deeply in 1727. Flanked of 4 turns of angle, the castle presents a ditch still quite visible.
old castle-extremely of Scharrach: Occupied as of prehistory, the hill of Scharrach probably accommodates as of the end of the 12th century (1194), a castle. First mentions of the name of " Scharrach" go back to 1194. In 1341, the castle is given by the bishop of Strasbourg to the knight Ritter von Scharrachbergheim. With the site of the castle, a Casemate built by the German ministry of the war in 1914 to ensure the defense of the fort of Mutzig confirms the highly strategic position of the hill.
old relay of station (45 rue principal): the date of 1759 is reproduced on the carriage door.
cross of the 5 wounds: only the feet, the hands and the heart symoblisant are represented the wounds of Christ. It is about a transition between the traditional cross and the crucifix.

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