Souffelweyersheim

Souffelweyersheim is a common French, located in the department of the the Low-Rhine and the area Alsace. It is in the agglomeration of Strasbourg and belonged to its urban community.

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Toponymy and pronunciation

Souffelweyersheim means: the village on the pond of Souffel. Souffel (the Souffel river) + Weyer (the pond) + S (of) + Heim (hamlet, village)

The pronunciation of French Souffelweyersheim is: souffel + is worth + surface + its + im . (and especially not cha + im !).

People of the corner say " Souffel" , it is shorter.

In Alsatian dialect, Souffelweyersheim decides suffel + to vir + cheu .

Geography

The village, of a surface of 451 hectares, is located at 6 km in the north of Strasbourg at an altitude of approximately 140 meters. Located in the plain of Alsace, between the solid masses of the Vosges and the Black Forest, it is crossed by the Souffel river from which it draws its name. This river takes its source with Kuttolsheim and is thrown in the Island, tributary of the Rhine, in the south of Wantzenau after a course of 29 km.

History

In 1790, on proposal of Schiltigheim, intervenes the division of the ried of the Island, hitherto public pasture common to Souffelweyersheim, Hoenheim, Bischheim, Adelshoffen and Schiltigheim.

In 1792, the emigrants, combined with the Austro-Prussians begin the hostilities to take again the capacity in France. From October at December 1793, the engagements between the troops of the French Republic and the Austro-Prussians are stabilized on a Hoenheim face - Griesheim-on-Souffel - Dingsheim before the troops Austro-Prussians are not pushed back out of Alsace in January 1794.

In 1813, the countryside of Russia of Napoleon i finishes in catastrophe, it manages with difficulty to join France, but the troops of the coalition follow it. In January 1814, the French troops are folded up with Strasbourg in front of the attacks of the cossacks who settle with Hoenheim, Bischheim and Schiltigheim. Then, Napoleon i, beaten, was banished in the isle of Elba. However its escape involved the return of the united troops which had been just withdrawn. Following the defeat of Waterloo, the General Jean Rapp, having had wind of intentions of annexation of Alsace, lined up under the orders of Louis XVIII and continued to fight on Souffel, with the doors of Hoenheim.
on June 28th 1815 took place the battle of Souffelweyersheim-Hoenheim, opposing the Rapp general and Kronprinz of Wurtemberg. The 16.000 men of the Rapp general could not beat the 42.000 men of the troops of the coalisation, May in reprisals, Wurtembergeois set fire to the village. The mayor, George Schaeffer, and 17 inhabitants of the village are led to the enemy general headquarter, in Vendenheim, to be carried out there. It is thanks to intervention courageous, in particular that of Pasteur Dannenberger, that the hostages are graciés.
on June 29th 1815, shortly after the battle of Souffel, Kronprinz of Wurtemberg made set fire to the village of Souffelweyersheim. All will be needed the XIXe century to rebuild the village. All the half-timbered houses of Souffelweyersheim go back to this time (of 1816 to 1820).

1852 was the year of the inauguration of two new transportation routes passing by the territory of Souffelweyersheim. The first is the channel of the Marne in the Rhine which connects Vitry-le-François to Strasbourg. The second is the railway line Paris - Strasbourg.

on July 19th 1870 began the Franco-German War from 1870-1871. August 7th, the shortly after the battle of Froeschwiller - Wœrth, the German troops arrive at Souffelweyersheim. The troops settled with Reichstett and began the seat of Strasbourg the August 12th, load with the inhabitants of the neighborhoods to provide for the provisioning with the troops. September 27th, Strasbourg, set fire to by the continuous bombardments, goes. The treaty of Frankfurt, signed the May 10th 1871 puts an end to the war, among the conditions France must yield the three departments of the Alsace-Moselle, concervant only the Territory of Belfort.

In 1906 the marshalling yard of Hausbergen is inaugurated. It extends on the territory from several communes of which Souffelweyersheim.

on September 2nd 1939, the inhabitants of the communes in front of the Maginot line are evacuated in the valley of the Beetle. September 3rd 1939 the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and France declare the war in Germany. September 9th a second voyage awaits the evacuated inhabitants, this time Ci destination the South of France, they will not return to Alsace, annexed in fact by the Germans, that in August 1940.
on November 23rd, 1944, Strasbourg is released by the 2nd dB of the Leclerc General, who leaves with the French Forces interior buildings the care to release the suburbs. In January 1945, the battle of the Ardennes involves a redeployment of the Alliées troops and a German offensive on the North of Alsace. The De Gaulle General refuses the American order to evacuate Strasbourg and the French troops end up pushing back the German offensive which had arrived until Offendorf. However Souffelweyersheim and its neighborhoods remained under the fire of the German batteries until April 1945.

a law of 1966 created the Urban community of Strasbourg and Souffelweyersheim integrated into it.

1970 saw the completion of the construction of the highway A34 Metz - Strasbourg, later absorptive by a4 highway connecting Paris to Strasbourg, skirting the sorting of Hausbergen.

Administration

Demography

Annual inquiry of census 2006 of INSEE on Souffelweyersheim

Places and monuments

The Saint-Georges church was built in 1781 in the neo-classic style. Currently, only part of the tower is of origin.

Personalities related to the commune

Aloïse Lorentz , artist-mechanic (clock making and organ builder) born on April 19th, 1858 in Souffelweyersheim and deceased on January 16th, 1910.

See too

an electric Locomotive of the SNCF, BB 26002 was baptized in Souffelweyersheim.
Common of the Low-Rhine

External bonds

''' Town hall ''' of Souffelweyersheim (official site)
''' College ''' of Souffelweyersheim (official site)
Souffelweyersheim on the site of the national geographical Institute
Souffelweyersheim on the site of INSEE
Photographs of Souffelweyersheim
Photographs of Souffelweyersheim

Souffelweyersheim on the site of the encyclopedia of the towns of France
Common closest to Souffelweyersheim
''' Photo air ''' of Souffelweyersheim (CUS)
''' Photo air ''' of Souffelweyersheim (CIGAL)
''' Photo air ''' of Souffelweyersheim (Google maps)

Localization of Souffelweyersheim on a chart of France
Plane of Souffelweyersheim on Plane Mapquest
of Souffelweyersheim (CUS)
Plane of Souffelweyersheim (Google maps)

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