Wasselonne

Wasselonne ( Wasselnheim in German) is a common French, located in the department of the the Low-Rhine and the area Alsace.

Geography

Districts

The Laundry, Brechlingen, Bubenstein, Osterfeld, the Paper mill Wasselonne ranges between 195 and 380 m at the top of the sea level. Close to the district of Osterfeld, one finds a ground rich in limestone, which is used for manufacture of lime (famous for its capacity of stone restoration of size), in the career planned for. The city is surrounded by mountains, which are not other than the mountains of the Vosges of Nord.D' a side the " Wangebari" and other Dabo.Wasselonne is in the plain of Alsace.

History

Wasselonne was formerly a city surrounded by ramparts, one can see still there a famous tower into perfect state overhanging the center town. the city is setting up a policy to renovate its ramparts. work will finish in 2009, normally!

Administration

Demography

Economy

Services with the population

college Marcel Pagnol
Local hospital of Wasselonne

Places and monuments

the paper mill : About the middle of the 18th century, Charles Pasquay inherits a mill with flour, a mill with oil and a mill with paper. His/her son adds a wallpaper factory to it. About 1825, the activities of paper are replaced by a brickyard, a spinning mill of wool and a lime factory. Currently, the field of 15 hectares always belongs to the family Pasquay and of many vestiges still visible (and are classified with the historic buildings: the entry is 18th and recently renovated, the house of Master (1770-1780), the ruins of the briquettery and lime factory, the park, etc the complex was served by a station on the old railway line Molsheim - Saverne, currently private property.
old railway stations of Wasselonne
mill known as Trumpfenmühle

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