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German: Saal
Variant: Seel
Between 1790 and 1871, Saales was part of the arrondissement of Saint-Dié in the Département des Vosges.
Population:
- 1790: 889
- 1851: 1,309
- 1905: 1,137
- 1936: 1,139
- 1990: 779
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, Grand'Rue, 67420 Saales
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1790: 360
- 1851: 600
- 1905: 518
- 1936: 445
- 1990: 458
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 14 rue Principale, 67390 Saasenheim
- Bibliography:
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German: Sässolsheim
Population:
- 1792: 460
- 1851: 687
- 1905: 576
- 1936: 514
- 1990: 410
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67270 Saessolsheim
- Bibliography:
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German: Sankt Amarin
Population:
- 1806: 1,380
- 1851: 2,166
- 1905: 2,267
- 1936: 2,001
- 1990: 2,400
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 97%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: <1%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 55 rue Charles de Gaulle, 68550 Saint-Amarin
- Bibliography:
- Inventaire analytique des contrats de mariage du val Saint-Amarin 1692-1790, by André Ganter ([Strasbourg]: Cercle Généalogique d'Alsace, 1980)
- Inventaire analytique des registres protocoles du notariat de Saint-Amarin 1668-1685, by André Ganter ([Morschwiller-le-Bas: A. Ganter, 1984]); 2 volumes
- "De la proto-industrie à la révolution industrielle: la vallée de Saint-Amarin, région pionnière au XVIIIe siècle", by Jean-Marie Schmitt, in Historiens et géographes, v. 86, no. 347 (1995), p. 207-211
- La haute vallée de la Thur (Ingersheim: SAEP, 1981)
- The Cercle Cartophile de Thann et de la Vallée de la Thur published two volumes of postcard views of this valley (1990, 1992), called La vallée de la Thur à la belle époque de la carte postale.
- Web resources:
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Created 13 Jul 1972 by joining the communities of Brinighoffen (German: Brünighofen; variant: Brinighofen) and Enschingen.
Population:
- 1789: 156 (Brinighoffen), 137 (Enschingen)
- 1851: 232 (Brinighoffen), 212 (Enschingen)
- 1905: 166 (Brinighoffen), 178 (Enschingen)
- 1936: 122 (Brinighoffen), 145 (Enschingen)
- 1990: 382
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100% (both communities)
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Sankt Blaise
Population:
- 1790: 305
- 1851: 351
- 1905: 281
- 1936: 243
- 1990: 260
Miscellaneous:
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German: Sankt Cosman
Population:
- 1790: 106
- 1851: 104
- 1905: 50
- 1936: 51
- 1990: 45
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 rue de l'Église, 68210 Saint-Cosme
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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The community of Saint-Dizier was officially renamed Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque 9 June 1937.
German: Sankt Störgien
Population:
- 1790: 320
- 1851: 637
- 1906: 508
- 1936: 310
- 1990: 346
Religious composition in 1804:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 90100 Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque
- Bibliography:
- Reconstitution des familles demeurant et originaires ou de passage à Lebetain, Saint-Dizier et Val-Saint-Dizier, by Philippe Robin (1984)
- The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
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The community of Saint-Germain was officially renamed Saint-Germain-le-Châtelet 1 May 1934.
German: Sanct-German
Population:
- 1790: 262
- 1851: 311
- 1906: 280
- 1936: 227
- 1990: 506
Religious composition in 1804:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, route de Bourg, 90110 Saint-Germain-le-Châtelet
- Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
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Latin: S. Hippolyti eccl.
German: Sankt Pilt
Population:
- 1789: 1,739
- 1851: 2,382
- 1905: 1,635
- 1936: 1,356
- 1990: 1,078
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 4 place de l'Hôtel de Ville, 68590 Saint-Hippolyte
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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German: Sankt Johann bei Zabern
Variant: Saint-Jean-des-Choux
Population:
- 1792: 599
- 1851: 889
- 1905: 725
- 1936: 591
- 1990: 559
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 rue de l'École, 67700 Saint-Jean-Saverne,
- Bibliography:
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German: Sankt Ludwig
Variants: Bourg-Libre, Fort-Libre
Bourgfelden (German:
Burgfelden), a community created in 1797 from Hégenheim,
was absorbed by Saint-Louis 18 Feb 1953.
Population:
- 1789: 282 (Bourgfelden), 328 (Saint-Louis)
- 1851: 570 (Bourgfelden), 1,464 (Saint-Louis)
- 1905: 1,375 (Bourgfelden), 4,737 (Saint-Louis)
- 1936: 1,471 (Bourgfelden), 7,158 (Saint-Louis)
- 1990: 19,547
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 96% (Bourgfelden), 97% (Saint-Louis)
- Lutheran: <1% (Saint-Louis)
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: 3% (Bourgfelden), 1% (Saint-Louis)
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 21 rue Théo Bachmann, BP 90, 68303 Saint-Louis Cedex
- Bibliography:
- Saint-Louis et ses environs au début du siècle: promenade illustrée dans les quartiers et villages d'autrefois, by Antoine Mislin (Mulhouse: Éditions du Rhin, 1992), ISBN 2863390775
- Saint-Louis, porte de France, by Paul-Bernard Munch (Strasbourg: Éditions Coprur, 1995), ISBN 2903297959
- Web resources:
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German: Sankt Martin
Population:
- 1790: 390
- 1851: 499
- 1905: 372
- 1936: 299
- 1990: 306
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 10 route de la Libération, 67220 Saint-Martin
- Bibliography:
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German: Sankt Moritz
Population:
- 1790: 237
- 1851: 420
- 1905: 353
- 1936: 278
- 1990: 309
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 rue Principale, 67220 Saint-Maurice
- Bibliography:
Histoire de la seigneurie lorraine de Tanviller en Alsace, by Maurice de Castex (Paris, 1886)
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German: Sankt Nabor
Population:
- 1790: 220
- 1851: 312
- 1905: 313
- 1936: 276
- 1990: 434
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 10 rue des Carrières, 67530 Saint-Nabor
- Bibliography:
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German: Sankt Peter
Population:
- 1790: 306
- 1851: 506
- 1905: 335
- 1936: 351
- 1990: 460
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 97%
- Lutheran: 2%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Sankt Petersholz
Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts: Hohwarth (variant: Hohwart)
Population:
- 1792: 592
- 1851: 819
- 1905: 748
- 1936: 566
- 1990: 522
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, rue Principale, 67220 Saint-Pierre-Bois
- Bibliography:
Histoire de la seigneurie lorraine de Tanviller en Alsace, by Maurice de Castex (Paris, 1886)
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German: Sankt Ulrich
Population:
- 1789: 170
- 1851: 307
- 1905: 259
- 1936: 202
- 1990: 262
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Sankt Kreuz im Leberthal
Population:
- 1790: 2,074
- 1851: 3,657
- 1905: 3,682
- 1936: 3,247
- 1990: 1,932
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 97%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist: 1%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 37 rue Maurice Burrus, 68160 Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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Latin: S. Crucis oppidum
German: Heilig-Kreuz
Variant: Heiligkreuz
Population:
- 1790: 1,022
- 1851: 1,701
- 1905: 1,310
- 1936: 1,303
- 1990: 1,895
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 98%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: 1%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Latin: S. Maria in fodinis, S. Mariae fan.
German: Markirch
Population:
- 1790: 6,168
- 1851: 11,613
- 1905: 12,362
- 1936: 9,061
- 1990: 5,767
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 50%
- Lutheran: 22%
- Calvinist: 25%
- Anabaptist: 1%
- Jewish: <1%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 114 rue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 68160 Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
- Bibliography:
- The culture of accommodation: religion, language and politics in an Alsatian community, 1648-1870, by Rebecca Keenan McCoy; Ph.D. thesis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992; available from University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, MI
- "The Société Populaire at Sainte Marie aux Mines: Local culture and national identity in an Alsatian community during the French Revolution", by Rebecca Keenan McCoy, in European history quarterly, v. 27, no. 4 (Oct. 1997), p. 435-474
- "Alsatians into Frenchmen: the construction of national identities at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, 1815-1851", by Rebecca Keenan McCoy, in French history, v. 12, no. 4 (1998)
- "La première communion chez les réformés du XVIe au XVIIIe siècles: l'exemple de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines", by Michele Magdelaine, in Historiens et géographes, v. 84, no. 341 (1993), p. 117-120
- "Le Temple réformé de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, du XVIIe au XXe siècles", by Michele Magdelaine, in Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire du protestantisme français, v. 143, no. 1 (1997), p. 39-61
- L'aventure des mines, by Bruno Ancel and Pierre Fluck (Colmar: J.-D. Bentzinger, [1990]), ISBN 2806238120
- Du Wurtemberg à l'Alsace: les Dieterlen de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines : itinéraire social et spirituel d'une famille au XIXe siècle, by Marianne Chevallier (Le Bugue: Éditions OL CONTOU, 1984)
- Inventaire de la sous-série 202 J: archives de l'Église réformée de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines antérieures à 1860, edited by Lucie Roux (Colmar: Archives départementales du Haut-Rhin, 1971)
- Web resources:
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Population:
- 1792: 597
- 1851: 265
- 1905: 197
- 1936: 145
- 1990: 140
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67440 Salenthal
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1792: 1,040
- 1851: 1,365
- 1905: 794
- 1936: 612
- 1990: 509
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 39 rue Principale, 67160 Salmbach
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1790: 480
- 1851: 791
- 1905: 786
- 1936: 724
- 1990: 941
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, route de Matzenheim, 67230 Sand
- Bibliography:
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German: Saarunion
Variant: Saar-Buckenheim
Formed in 1794 by the union of Bouquenom (German: Bockenheim) and Neusaarwerden
Population:
- 1794: 2,577
- 1851: 3,694
- 1905: 3,010
- 1936: 2,632
- 1990: 3,159
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 58%
- Lutheran: 31%
- Calvinist: 3%
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish: 5%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 34 Grand'Rue, 67260 Sarre-Union
- Bibliography:
Sarre-Union, Sarrewerden et leurs environs: histoire de l'ancien comté de Saarwerden et de la prévoté de Herbitzheim, by Dagobert Fischer (Paris: Res Universis, 1993 [originally published 1877]), in the series Monographies des villes et villages de France; ISBN 2877609502
- Web resources:
http://www.alsace-bossue.fr.st/vsu.htm
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Latin: Salverna, Salvernia
German: Saarwerden
The communities of Bischtroff-sur-Sarre (German: Pisdorf; variant: Pistorf) and Zollingen merged with Sarrewerden in 1972.
Population:
- 1794: 289 (Bischtroff-sur-Sarre), 388 (Sarrewerden), 205 (Zollingen)
- 1851: 538 (Bischtroff-sur-Sarre), 584 (Sarrewerden), 278 (Zollingen)
- 1905: 421 (Bischtroff-sur-Sarre), 530 (Sarrewerden), 210 (Zollingen)
- 1936: 354 (Bischtroff-sur-Sarre), 395 (Sarrewerden), 181 (Zollingen)
- 1990: 987
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 2% (Bischtroff-sur-Sarre), 75% (Sarrewerden), 14% (Zollingen)
- Lutheran: 90% (Bischtroff-sur-Sarre), 17% (Sarrewerden), 68% (Zollingen)
- Calvinist: 4% (Bischtroff-sur-Sarre), 6% (Sarrewerden), 17% (Zollingen)
- Anabaptist: 2% (Bischtroff-sur-Sarre)
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Salzern
Until 1871, Saulxures was part of the arrondissement of Saint-Dié in the Département des Vosges.
Population:
- 1806: 890
- 1851: 1,185
- 1905: 703
- 1936: 489
- 1990: 393
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67420 Saulxures
- Bibliography:
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Variants: Sausenheim, Sawisheim
Population:
- 1789: 568
- 1851: 1,318
- 1905: 1,287
- 1936: 1,841
- 1990: 4,748
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 38 Grand'Rue, 68390 Sausheim
- Bibliography:
- L'école à Sausheim de 1830 à 1870, by Paul F. Specklin (1987)
- Sausheim: un village au temps du Reichsland (1871 à 1918), by Paul F. Specklin (Sausheim: Les Amis du vieux Sausheim, 1993)
- Sausheim et ses environs sous la Révolution, by Paul F. Specklin (1989)
- Web resources:
Sausheim information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/mulhouse/illzach/sausheim/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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Latin: Tabernae Alsatiae, Tabernae Tribocorum, Salverna, Zabarna, Zabrena, Zabernia
German: Zabern
Population:
- 1792: 4,151
- 1851: 6,407
- 1905: 8,937
- 1936: 9,141
- 1990: 10,278
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 93%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 6%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 78 Grand'Rue, BP 134, 67704 Saverne Cedex
- Bibliography:
The publications of the Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de Saverne et Environs include articles on the history of the area. For information write to:
46 rue de la Garenne, 67700 Saverne
- Web resources:
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German: Schäffersheim
Population:
- 1790: 357
- 1851: 453
- 1905: 467
- 1936: 521
- 1990: 669
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 rue de l'Église, 67150 Schaeffersheim
- Bibliography:
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German: Schaffhausen
Population:
- 1792: 320
- 1851: 540
- 1905: 398
- 1936: 360
- 1990: 359
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Schaffhausen
Population:
- 1792: 341
- 1851: 549
- 1905: 456
- 1936: 337
- 1990: 307
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 82%
- Lutheran: 2%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 15%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 12 rue de l'École, 67270 Schaffhouse-sur-Zorn
- Bibliography:
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Variant: Schalckendorf
Population:
- 1792: 244
- 1851: 373
- 1905: 346
- 1936: 285
- 1990: 260
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic:
- Lutheran: 100%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 50 rue Principale, 67350 Schalkendorf
- Bibliography:
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Formed by the merger in 1974 of Scharrachbergheim and Irmstett.
Population:
- 1791: 179 (Imrstett), 536 (Scharrachbergheim)
- 1851: 165 (Irmstett), 647 (Scharrachbergheim)
- 1905: 137 (Irmstett), 580 (Scharrachbergheim)
- 1936: 121 (Irmstett), 485 (Scharrachbergheim)
- 1990: 1,001
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 82% (Irmstett), 14% (Scharrachbergheim)
- Lutheran: 17% (Irmstett), 63% (Scharrachbergheim)
- Calvinist: 2% (Scharrachbergheim)
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 20% (Scharrachbergheim)
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 89 rue Principale, 67310 Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church marriage records for Scharrachbergheim and is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam
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Population:
- 1792: 651
- 1851: 608
- 1905: 418
- 1936: 386
- 1990: 513
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1792: 158
- 1851: 159
- 1905: 146
- 1936: 133
- 1990: 108
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67270 Scherlenheim
- Bibliography:
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German: Scherweiler
Population:
- 1790: 2,232
- 1851: 2,836
- 1905: 2,438
- 1936: 2,104
- 1990: 2,278
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 89%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 10%
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1792: 476
- 1851: 654
- 1905: 597
- 1936: 514
- 1990: 479
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic:
- Lutheran: 100%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67340 Schillersdorf
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church marriage records for this community and is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam
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Population:
- 1791: 1,593
- 1851: 3,349
- 1905: 14,310
- 1936: 22,074
- 1990: 29,155
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 13%
- Lutheran: 86%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 110 route de Bischwiller, BP 98, 67300 Schiltigheim
- Bibliography:
Urkundliche Geschichte des bischöflichen Amtes Wantzenau nebst einem Anhange über die drei Dörfer Hönheim, Bischheim und Schiltigheim, by A. Kocher (Strasbourg, 1908)
- Web resources:
http://www.ville-schiltigheim.fr/
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Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts: Wackenbach
Between 1795 and 1871 Schirmeck was part of the Département des Vosges.
Population:
- 1790: 650
- 1851: 1,456
- 1905: 1,689
- 1936: 1,799
- 1990: 2,167
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, rue Principale, 67130 Schirmeck
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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Variants: Schirein, Schierrieth
Population:
- 1792: 640
- 1851: 1,215
- 1905: 1,529
- 1936: 1,559
- 1990: 1,850
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67240 Schirrhein
- Bibliography:
- Die Aemter Offendorf und Bischweiler und die drei Dörfer Kaltenhausen, Schirrhein und Schirrhofen: eine geschichtliche Studie, by A. Kocher (Strasbourg, 1907)
- Aus meiner Waldheimat: Schilderungen aus dem Leben eines Dorfes im Elsass, by E. Halter (Colmar, 1911)
- A la lisière de la forêt: Schirrhein, Schirrhoffen, by Joseph Grimm (Strasbourg: Coprur, 1995), ISBN 2842080009
- Web resources:
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German: Schirrhofen
Variants: Schirhoff, Schürhoffen
Population:
- 1792: 319
- 1851: 611
- 1905: 435
- 1936: 504
- 1990: 516
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 61%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 38%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 rue du Château, 67240 Schirrhoffen
- Bibliography:
- Die Aemter Offendorf und Bischweiler und die drei Dörfer Kaltenhausen, Schirrhein und Schirrhofen: eine geschichtliche Studie, by A. Kocher (Strasbourg, 1907)
- A la lisière de la forêt: Schirrhein, Schirrhoffen, by Joseph Grimm (Strasbourg: Coprur, 1995), ISBN 2842080009
- Web resources:
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Variants: Langschleithal, Langen-Schleithal
Population:
- 1792: 1,554
- 1851: 2,387
- 1905: 1,943
- 1936: 1,665
- 1990: 1,374
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 95%
- Lutheran: 1%
- Calvinist: 2%
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67160 Schleithal
- Bibliography:
- Geschichte der evangelisch-reformierten Gemeinde Oberseebach-Schleithal: nach urkündlichen Quellen bearbeitet, by Michael Lortz (Straßburg: J. H. Ed. Heitz, 1894)
- Schleithal: le village le plus long d'Alsace (Strasbourg: Coprur, 1999), ISBN 2842080408
- The Cercle d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'Alsace du Nord publishes a quarterly journal called l'Outre-Forêt dedicated to this area of northern Alsace.
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Population:
- 1789: 705
- 1851: 833
- 1905: 595
- 1936: 506
- 1990: 801
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 7 rue de Kembs, 68440 Schlierbach
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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The communities of Avenheim and Kleinfrankenheim were
merged with Schnersheim in 1972.
Population:
- 1792: 178 (Avenheim), 172 (Kleinfrankenheim), 436 (Schnersheim)
- 1851: 238 (Avenheim), 190 (Kleinfrankenheim), 567 (Schnersheim)
- 1905: 170 (Avenheim), 174 (Kleinfrankenheim), 459 (Schnersheim)
- 1936: 169 (Avenheim), 157 (Kleinfrankenheim), 404 (Schnersheim)
- 1990: 851
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100% (all three communities)
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 rue de la Mairie, 67370 Schnersheim
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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German: Schönau
Population:
- 1790: 424
- 1851: 712
- 1905: 499
- 1936: 454
- 1990: 420
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67390 Schoenau
- Bibliography:
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German: Schönburg
Population:
- 1792: 320
- 1851: 486
- 1905: 622
- 1936: 547
- 1990: 440
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 15%
- Lutheran: 56%
- Calvinist: 27%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Schönenburg
Population:
- 1792: 531
- 1851: 690
- 1905: 512
- 1936: 531
- 1990: 673
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1794: 117
- 1851: 318
- 1905: 279
- 1936: 299
- 1990: 227
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 20%
- Lutheran: 76%
- Calvinist: 2%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 rue Principale, 67260 Schopperten
- Bibliography:
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German: Schweighausen [Unter-Elsaß]
Population:
- 1792: 1,013
- 1851: 1,569
- 1905: 1,711
- 1936: 2,037
- 1990: 4,354
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 52%
- Lutheran: 37%
- Calvinist: 6%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 2%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 29 rue du Général de Gaulle, 67590 Schweighouse-sur-Moder
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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German: Schweighausen [Ober-Elsaß]
Population:
- 1806: 525
- 1851: 712
- 1905: 572
- 1936: 470
- 1990: 658
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 12 rue de Reiningue, 68520 Schweighouse-Thann
- Bibliography:
- Notice historique et topographique sur le village de Schweighausen, canton de Cernay, by the abbé Waller (Rixheim: A. Sutter, 1870)
- Schweighouse Thann: village natal de la baronne d'Oberkirch (Strasbourg: Editions Coprur, 1987), ISBN 2903297053
- Le Dollerbaechlein : histoire et topographie d'un ruisseau : villes et villages riverains : Aspach-le-Haut, Aspach-le-Bas, Schweighouse, Reiningue, Lutterbach, Pfastatt, Richwiller, Kingersheim, Wittenheim, Ruelisheim, Ensisheim, by Jean Checinski (Kingersheim: Société d'Histoire de Kingersheim, 1994), ISBN 2950833608
- Web resources:
Schweighouse-Thann information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/thann/cernay/schweighouse_thann/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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German: Schweinheim
Population:
- 1792: 572
- 1851: 924
- 1905: 741
- 1936: 667
- 1990: 568
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 87%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 12%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 150 rue Principale, 67440 Schwenheim
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1792: 791
- 1851: 1,253
- 1905: 1,175
- 1936: 1,115
- 1990: 1,550
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 12%
- Lutheran: 81%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 5%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 16 rue de la Zorn, 67270 Schwindratzheim
- Bibliography:
- Schwindratzheim (Strasbourg: Éditions Coprur, 1982)
- Poudre noire et poussière blanche: histoire des carrières souterraines de Waltenheim-sur-Zorn et Schwindratzheim, by Dominique Wagner (Strasbourg: Oberlin, 1987), ISBN 285369061X; cover title: Les carrières souterraines de Waltenheim-sur-Zorn et Schwindratzheim
- Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church marriage records for this community and is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam
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Population:
- 1789: 177
- 1851: 231
- 1905: 157
- 1936: 140
- 1990: 167
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1790: 163
- 1851: 230
- 1905: 254
- 1936: 234
- 1990: 216
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, Hôtel de Ville, 67390 Schwobsheim
- Bibliography:
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Formed by the union of Niederseebach and Oberseebach 29 October 1974.
Population:
- 1792: 232 (Niederseebach), 1,143 (Oberseebach)
- 1851: 274 (Niederseebach), 1,903 (Oberseebach)
- 1905: 124 (Niederseebach), 1,685 (Oberseebach)
- 1936: 71 (Niederseebach), 1,541 (Oberseebach)
- 1990: 1,541
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 60% (Niederseebach), 52% (Oberseebach)
- Lutheran: 7% (Niederseebach), 4% (Oberseebach)
- Calvinist: 6% (Niederseebach), 42% (Oberseebach)
- Anabaptist: 3% (Niederseebach)
- Jewish: 21% (Niederseebach)
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 101 rue Principale Oberseebach, 67160 Seebach
- Bibliography:
- Geschichte der evangelisch-reformierten Gemeinde Oberseebach-Schleithal: nach urkündlichen Quellen bearbeitet, by Michael Lortz (Straßburg: J. H. Ed. Heitz, 1894)
- Seebach: la vie d'un village de l'outre forêt (Strasbourg: Editions Coprur, 1985)
- The Cercle d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'Alsace du Nord publishes a quarterly journal called l'Outre-Forêt dedicated to this area of northern Alsace.
- Web resources:
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Latin: Selestadium, Scaldistatum, Scaldistadium
German: Schlettstadt
Variants: Schelestat, Schlestadt
Population:
- 1790: 8,500
- 1851: 10,365
- 1905: 9,699
- 1936: 11,363
- 1990: 15,538
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish: <1%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 9 place d'Armes, BP 188, 67604 Sélestat Cedex
- Bibliography:
- Sélestat et le Haut-Koenigsbourg au début du siècle: promenade illustrée dans le vieux Sélestat, aux ruines et au château reconstruit du Haut-Koenigsbourg, by Maurice Kubler (Mulhouse: Editions du Rhin, 1991), ISBN 2863390740
- Canton de Sélestat, by Marie-Philippe Scheurer, Brigitte Parent and Roger Lehni (Le Verger, 1994), ISBN 2908367491
- Web resources:
http://www.tourisme.fr/cgi-bin/aurweb/FNOTSI/rech.txt?ville=selestat&aur_offset_rec=1
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Latin: Elizatium, Salecio, Salesia, Salucii, Salusia, Selsa, Celsa, Salsa Rhenana, Seletio
German: Selz
Population:
- 1792: 1,586
- 1851: 2,402
- 1905: 1,639
- 1936: 1,841
- 1990: 2,584
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 98%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 10 place de la Mairie, 67470 Seltz
- Bibliography:
- "Zur Gründungsgeschichte des Selzer Klosters", in Sechster Jahres-Bericht des Vereins zur Erhaltung der Alterthümer in Weissenburg und Umgegend 1910; available on FHL film no. 1076389
- The Cercle d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'Alsace du Nord publishes a quarterly journal called l'Outre-Forêt dedicated to this area of northern Alsace.
- Web resources:
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Variants:
Sendheim,
Sentenheim
Population:
- 1806: 554
- 1851: 1,027
- 1905: 1,254
- 1936: 896
- 1990: 1,162
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 16 Grand'Rue, 68780 Sentheim
- Bibliography:
- Patrimoine Doller, the bulletin of the Société
d'Histoire de la Vallée de Masevaux, publishes articles on Sentheim. (The coat of arms depicted above is reproduced from the back cover of issue no. 2, 1992.)
Information on this journal can be obtained from the
secrétaire-correspondant:
M. Jean-Marie Ehret, 8 place de la Mairie, 68290 Oberbruck
- Two volumes of postcard views of this valley, compiled by Jean-Marie Ehret, Monique and Georges Redhaber, Bernard Sutter and Daniel Willmé, have been published by the Centre de Ressources des Vosges du Sud: La vallée de Masevaux à l'orée du siècle (1894-1914) (1995) and La vallée de Masevaux 1914-1918 (1997). Information can be obtained from:
M. Armand Laurent, 1 rue du Buhl, 68290 Dolleren
- Web resources:
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German: Niedersept
Variants: Nider-Sept, Sept
Population:
- 1789 502
- 1851: 810
- 1905: 703
- 1936: 547
- 1990: 836
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 73%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 25%
Miscellaneous:
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German: Obersept
Population:
- 1789: 301
- 1851: 478
- 1905: 346
- 1936: 281
- 1990: 335
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1806: 461
- 1851: 549
- 1906: 545
- 1936: 552
- 1990: 832
Religious composition in 1804:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 90300 Sermamagny
- Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
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Latin: Sarmenza
Population:
- 1790: 660
- 1851: 1,071
- 1905: 785
- 1936: 718
- 1990: 677
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 18 allée des Tilleuls, 67230 Sermersheim
- Bibliography:
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German: Sesenheim
Population:
- 1792: 768
- 1851: 1,029
- 1905: 1,002
- 1936: 1.020
- 1990: 1,542
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 30%
- Lutheran: 69%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67770 Sessenheim
- Bibliography:
Sessenheim: Chronik einer elsässischen Landgemeinde, by Willy Guggenbühl (Saverne: Imprimerie Savernoise, 1961)
- Web resources:
http://www.sessenheim.net/
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German: Schefferantz
Population:
- 1790: 111
- 1851: 156
- 1906: 117
- 1936: 140
- 1990: 575
Religious composition in 1804:
- Catholic: 84%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: 15%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 90400 Sévenans
- Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
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Variant:
Seewen
Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts:
Alfeld (
Alfel,
Allfeld),
Baerenbach,
Boedele (
Baedelen),
Ellbach,
Fallengesick,
Foerstel,
Grand Langenberg (
Grosslangenberg),
Hinteralfeld,
Issenbach (
Isenbach),
Latschgraben,
Lerchenmatt,
Neuberg,
Petit Langenberg (
Kleinlangenberg),
Seebach,
Tiefgesick (
Tiefengesickh),
Wasserfall
Population:
- 1806: 569
- 1851: 969
- 1905: 732
- 1936: 661
- 1990: 539
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 5 Grand'Rue, 68290 Sewen
- Bibliography:
- Patrimoine Doller, the bulletin of the Société
d'Histoire de la Vallée de Masevaux, publishes articles on Sewen. (The coat of arms depicted above is reproduced from the back cover of issue no. 2, 1992.)
Information on this journal can be obtained from the
secrétaire-correspondant:
M. Jean-Marie Ehret, 8 place de la Mairie, 68290 Oberbruck
- Two volumes of postcard views of this valley, compiled by Jean-Marie Ehret, Monique and Georges Redhaber, Bernard Sutter and Daniel Willmé, have been published by the Centre de Ressources des Vosges du Sud: La vallée de Masevaux à l'orée du siècle (1894-1914) (1995) and La vallée de Masevaux 1914-1918 (1997). Information can be obtained from:
M. Armand Laurent, 1 rue du Buhl, 68290 Dolleren
- Web resources:
Sewen information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/thann/masevaux/sewen/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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Variant:
Siker
Population:
- 1806: 232
- 1851: 352
- 1905: 278
- 1936: 242
- 1990: 308
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 97%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist: 2%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 68290 Sickert
- Bibliography:
- Patrimoine Doller, the bulletin of the Société
d'Histoire de la Vallée de Masevaux, publishes articles on Sickert. (The coat of arms depicted above is reproduced from the back cover of issue no. 2, 1992.)
Information on this journal can be obtained from the
secrétaire-correspondant:
M. Jean-Marie Ehret, 8 place de la Mairie, 68290 Oberbruck
- Two volumes of postcard views of this valley, compiled by Jean-Marie Ehret, Monique and Georges Redhaber, Bernard Sutter and Daniel Willmé, have been published by the Centre de Ressources des Vosges du Sud: La vallée de Masevaux à l'orée du siècle (1894-1914) (1995) and La vallée de Masevaux 1914-1918 (1997). Information can be obtained from:
M. Armand Laurent, 1 rue du Buhl, 68290 Dolleren
- Web resources:
Sickert information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/thann/masevaux/sickert/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts: Kaidenbourg (Kaydenburg)
Population:
- 1792: 602
- 1851: 787
- 1905: 547
- 1936: 502
- 1990: 427
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Sierenz
Population:
- 1789: 1,197
- 1851: 1,448
- 1905: 1,282
- 1936: 1,331
- 1990: 2,106
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 75%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 24%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 place du Général de Gaulle, 68510 Sierentz
- Bibliography:
Sierentz (Strasbourg: Éditions Coprur, 1984)
- Web resources:
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German: Sieweiler
Population:
- 1794: 345
- 1851: 556
- 1905: 503
- 1936: 437
- 1990: 455
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 61%
- Lutheran: 37%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1790: 717
- 1851: 1,011
- 1905: 882
- 1936: 774
- 1990: 931
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 rue de la 1ère Armée, 68240 Sigolsheim
- Bibliography:
- Bennwihr, Kientzheim et Sigolsheim: à l'époque contemporaine, 1870-1990, by Claude Muller (Strasbourg: Editions Coprur, 1991)
- The Sociétés d'Histoire de la Vallée de la Weiss Ammerschwihr-Kaysersberg-Kientzheim-Sigolsheim publish a journal with articles on the history of this area. For information write to:
Hôtel de Ville, 68240 Kaysersberg
- Web resources:
Sigolsheim information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/ribeauville/kaysersberg/sigolsheim/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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German: Silzheim
Population:
- 1794: 235
- 1851: 438
- 1905: 483
- 1936: 458
- 1990: 551
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 98%
- Lutheran: 1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1792: 321
- 1851: 434
- 1905: 304
- 1936: 280
- 1990: 319
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 15 rue du Général Leclerc, 67440 Singrist
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1790: 164
- 1851: 230
- 1905: 149
- 1936: 106
- 1990: 95
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic:
- Lutheran: 100%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67130 Solbach
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1793: 723
- 1851: 992
- 1905: 1,117
- 1936: 745
- 1990: 540
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 17%
- Lutheran: 82%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, place de la Mairie, 68380 Sondernach
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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Population:
- 1789: 258
- 1851: 475
- 1905: 372
- 1936: 309
- 1990: 300
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German:
Niedersulzbach
Population:
- 1790: 429
- 1851: 712
- 1905: 479
- 1936: 361
- 1990: 378
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 90%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish: 8%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 32 rue Principale, 68780 Soppe-le-Bas
- Bibliography:
- Patrimoine Doller, the bulletin of the Société
d'Histoire de la Vallée de Masevaux, publishes articles on Soppe-le-Bas. (The coat of arms depicted above is reproduced from the back cover of issue no. 2, 1992.)
Information on this journal can be obtained from the
secrétaire-correspondant:
M. Jean-Marie Ehret, 8 place de la Mairie, 68290 Oberbruck
- Two volumes of postcard views of this valley, compiled by Jean-Marie Ehret, Monique and Georges Redhaber, Bernard Sutter and Daniel Willmé, have been published by the Centre de Ressources des Vosges du Sud: La vallée de Masevaux à l'orée du siècle (1894-1914) (1995) and La vallée de Masevaux 1914-1918 (1997). Information can be obtained from:
M. Armand Laurent, 1 rue du Buhl, 68290 Dolleren
- Web resources:
Soppe-le-Bas information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/thann/masevaux/soppe_le_bas/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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German:
Obersulzbach
Population:
- 1790: 375
- 1851: 716
- 1905: 444
- 1936: 261
- 1990: 442
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 68780 Soppe-le-Haut
- Bibliography:
- Patrimoine Doller, the bulletin of the Société
d'Histoire de la Vallée de Masevaux, publishes articles on Soppe-le-Haut. (The coat of arms depicted above is reproduced from the back cover of issue no. 2, 1992.)
Information on this journal can be obtained from the
secrétaire-correspondant:
M. Jean-Marie Ehret, 8 place de la Mairie, 68290 Oberbruck
- Two volumes of postcard views of this valley, compiled by Jean-Marie Ehret, Monique and Georges Redhaber, Bernard Sutter and Daniel Willmé, have been published by the Centre de Ressources des Vosges du Sud: La vallée de Masevaux à l'orée du siècle (1894-1914) (1995) and La vallée de Masevaux 1914-1918 (1997). Information can be obtained from:
M. Armand Laurent, 1 rue du Buhl, 68290 Dolleren
- Web resources:
Soppe-le-Haut information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/thann/masevaux/soppe_le_haut/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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German: Suffelweyersheim
Population:
- 1791: 489
- 1851: 704
- 1905: 1,100
- 1936: 1,936
- 1990: 5,591
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Sufflenheim
Population:
- 1792: 1,700
- 1851: 3,080
- 1905: 3,261
- 1936: 3,471
- 1990: 4,269
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 15 Grand'Rue, 67620 Soufflenheim
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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Latin: Sulza, Sulzia
German: Sulz
Variants: Soultz, Sultz, Obersultz, Ober-Sulz, Obersulz
Wuenheim was part of Soultz-Haut-Rhin until
1832. Until 1880 the community of Jungholtz
was divided between Rimbach-près-Guebwiller
and Soultz-Haut-Rhin.
Population:
- 1789: 3,579
- 1851: 3,660
- 1905: 4,704
- 1936: 4,241
- 1990: 5,867
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 95%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish: 4%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, place de la République, 68360 Soultz-Haut-Rhin
- Bibliography:
- Livre d'or de la ville de Soultz, by A. Gasser (1909)
- Canton de Soultz-Haut-Rhin, by Marie-Philippe Scheurer (Le Verger, 1991), ISBN 2908367258
- Web resources:
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German: Sulzbad, Sulz-Bad
Variants: Sulz, Soultz
Population:
- 1791: 675
- 1851: 949
- 1905: 644
- 1936: 571
- 1990: 654
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 97%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 2%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 rue de Molsheim, 67120 Soultz-les-Bains
- Bibliography:
Soultz-les-Bains: traditions et mutations d'un village au passé millénaire (Strasbourg: Editions Coprur, 1985), ISBN 2903297037
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German: Sulz unter dem Wald
Variants: Sulz, Sulz underm Wald
Incorporates the community of Hohwiller (Latin: Hohenwilari; German: Hohweiler).
Population:
- 1792: 305 (Hohwiller), 1,230 (Soultz-sous-Forêts)
- 1851: 404 (Hohwiller), 1,882 (Soultz-sous-Forêts)
- 1905: 352 (Hohwiller), 1,547 (Soultz-sous-Forêts)
- 1936: 329 (Hohwiller), 1,713 (Soultz-sous-Forêts)
- 1990: 2,185
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 29% (Hohwiller), 26% (Soultz-sous-Forêts)
- Lutheran: 70% (Hohwiller), 56% (Soultz-sous-Forêts)
- Calvinist: <1% (both communities)
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 16% (Soultz-sous-Forêts)
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 rue Barons de Fleckenstein, 67250 Soultz-sous-Forêts
- Bibliography:
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German: Sulzbach
Population:
- 1790: 636
- 1851: 1,007
- 1905: 674
- 1936: 593
- 1990: 588
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 98%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 Grand'Rue, 68230 Soultzbach-les-Bains
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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German: Sulzern
Population:
- 1789: 1,250
- 1851: 1,437
- 1905: 1,368
- 1936: 1,162
- 1990: 1,024
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: <1%
- Lutheran: 99%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Sulzmatt
Population:
- 1793: 2,200
- 1851: 2,957
- 1905: 2,542
- 1936: 2,071
- 1990: 1,997
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 90%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 8%
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1806: 154
- 1851: 266
- 1905: 300
- 1936: 223
- 1990: 152
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 22%
- Lutheran: 54%
- Calvinist: 22%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 4 rue Principale, 67340 Sparsbach
- Bibliography:
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German: Niederspechbach
Population:
- 1789: 259
- 1851: 467
- 1905: 449
- 1936: 358
- 1990: 591
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Oberspechbach
Population:
- 1789: 333
- 1851: 441
- 1905: 356
- 1936: 330
- 1990: 512
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1806: 177
- 1851: 403
- 1905: 237
- 1936: 1,566
- 1990: 3,332
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 94%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: 5%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1792: 304
- 1851: 420
- 1905: 379
- 1936: 412
- 1990: 570
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 14%
- Lutheran: 85%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 31 rue Principale, 67770 Stattmatten
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1790: 806
- 1851: 1,330
- 1905: 964
- 1936: 638
- 1990: 459
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 57 Grand'Rue, 67220 Steige
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1806: 656
- 1851: 1,000
- 1905: 867
- 1936: 831
- 1990: 1,149
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, S19 Grand'Rue, 68700 Steinbach
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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German: Steinburg
Population:
- 1792: 750
- 1851: 1,207
- 1905: 1,503
- 1936: 1,457
- 1990: 1,927
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, Place du Château, 67790 Steinbourg
- Bibliography:
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German: Niedersteinbrunn
Population:
- 1789: 522
- 1851: 782
- 1905: 702
- 1936: 558
- 1990: 618
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 22 rue des Orphelins, 68440 Steinbrunn-le-Bas
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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German: Obersteinbrunn
Population:
- 1789: 650
- 1851: 825
- 1905: 693
- 1936: 492
- 1990: 528
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 94%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 5%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 rue des Seigneurs, 68440 Steinbrunn-le-Haut
- Bibliography:
Steinbrunn-le-Haut ([Altkirch]: Société d'histoire du Sundgau, 1994)
- Web resources:
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German: Steinselz
Population:
- 1792: 575
- 1851: 618
- 1905: 483
- 1936: 483
- 1990: 580
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 9%
- Lutheran: 8%
- Calvinist: 80%
- Anabaptist: 1%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Steinsulz
Population:
- 1789: 439
- 1851: 512
- 1905: 470
- 1936: 436
- 1990: 606
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1790: 155
- 1851: 212
- 1905: 111
- 1936: 102
- 1990: 105
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1789: 232
- 1851: 349
- 1905: 279
- 1936: 248
- 1990: 248
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 8 rue du Général de Gaulle, 68510 Stetten
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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Population:
- 1791: 870
- 1851: 1,239
- 1905: 1,243
- 1936: 1,168
- 1990: 1,314
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67190 Still
- Bibliography:
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German: Storkensauen, Storkensohn
Variant: Storckensauen
Population:
- 1806: 261
- 1851: 445
- 1905: 359
- 1936: 303
- 1990: 239
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 68470 Storckensohn
- Bibliography:
- La haute vallée de la Thur (Ingersheim: SAEP, 1981)
- The Cercle Cartophile de Thann et de la Vallée de la Thur published two volumes of postcard views of this valley (1990, 1992), called La vallée de la Thur à la belle époque de la carte postale.
- Web resources:
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Latin: Stozzeswilari
German: Stoßweier
Population:
- 1790: 963
- 1851: 1,552
- 1905: 1,857
- 1936: 1,489
- 1990: 1,276
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 9%
- Lutheran: 90%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, Grand'Rue, 68140 Stosswihr
- Bibliography:
Die katholische Pfarrei von Stosswihr-Ampfersbach im Münstertal, by Paul Fenger (Colmar: Alsatia, 1955)
- Web resources:
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Variants: Stotesheim, Stotzenheim
Population:
- 1790: 1,183
- 1851: 1,770
- 1905: 1,329
- 1936: 1,066
- 1990: 953
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 95%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 4%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 20 A route Romaine, 67140 Stotzheim
- Bibliography:
- Notizen zur Geschichte des Dorfes Stotzheim, by Ludwig G. Glöckler (Rixheim: Sutter, 1902)
- Stotzheim: entre plaine et vignoble (Strasbourg: Editions Coprur, 1993), ISBN 2903297886
- Canton de Barr, by Brigitte Parent (Le Verger, 1991), ISBN 2908367261
- Web resources:
http://www.pays-de-barr.com/Stotzheim/index.htm
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German: Straßburg
Latin: Argentoratum
Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts: Neuhof, La Robertsau
Population:
- 1791: 48,116
- 1851: 75,565
- 1905: 167,678
- 1936: 193,119
- 1990: 255,937
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 49%
- Lutheran: 45%
- Calvinist: 1%
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish: 2%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 place de l'Étoile, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex
- Bibliography:
- Gruppen an der Macht: Zünfte und Patriziat in Strassburg im 14. und 15. Jahrhundert. Untersuchungen zu Verfassung, Wirtschaftsgefüge und Sozialstruktur, by Martin Alioth (Basel: Verlag Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 1988), Bände 156-156a in the series Basler Beiträge zur Geschichtswissenschaft; ISBN 3719010279
- Lay culture, learned culture: books and social change in Strasbourg, 1480-1599, by Miriam Usher Chrisman (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982); ISBN 0300025300
- Ruling class, regime and Reformation at Strasbourg 1520-1555, by Thomas A. Brady, Jr. (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1978); ISBN 9004052852
- Strasbourg in transition 1648-1789, by Franklin L. Ford (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1958)
- Strasbourg, insolite et secret: deux mille ans de métamorphoses, by Lucie Maechel and Théodore Rieger, with Léon Daul and Raymond Matzen (Paris: J.-P. Gisserot, ©1999), ISBN 2877474283, in the series Collection Alsatiques Gisserot
- Histoire de Strasbourg: depuis ses origines jusqu'à nos jours, by Rodolphe Reuss, illustrated by D. Müller ([Péronnas]: Éditions de la Tour Gile, 1996; originally published Paris: Fischbacher, 1922), ISBN 2878022521
- Strasbourg: urbanisme et architecture: des origines à 1870, by Jean-Pierre Klein ([Strasbourg]: Musées de Strasbourg, 1996), ISBN 2853691640
- Histoire de l'éclairage à Strasbourg depuis son origine jusqu'à nos jours, by Gaston Kern (Strasbourg: Oberlin, 1988; originally published Strasbourg: G. Fischbach, 1909), ISBN 2853690768
- Strasbourg Neudorf: devant la porte des bouchers, by Charles Strobel, José Senpau, Gabriel Schmitt et al. (Strasbourg: Coprur, 2000), ISBN 2842080653
- Aspects du Neudorf, by Georges Schwenk (Strasbourg: Oberlin, 1982-1984); three volumes, ISBN of v. 1 2853690202, in the series Aspects des faubourgs; cover title: Le Neudorf
- Un village aux portes de Strasbourg: Neuhof, son âme, ses souvenirs, ses réalisations (Strasbourg: Coprur, 1996); ISBN 2842080114
- Historique de la Robertsau = Geschichte der Ruprechtsau, by A. Beyler (Strasbourg, 1955)
- Aspects de La Robertsau, by Freddy Sarg (Strasbourg: Oberlin, 1981), ISBN 2853690156, in the series Aspects des faubourgs
- The Annuaire of the Société des Amis du Vieux-Strasbourg publishes articles on the history of the city. For information write to:
11 boulevard du Président Edwards, 67000 Strasbourg
- Web resources:
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German: Strüth
Population:
- 1789: 331
- 1851: 390
- 1905: 303
- 1936: 218
- 1990: 281
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1792: 314
- 1851: 482
- 1905: 464
- 1936: 319
- 1990: 204
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 30%
- Lutheran: 22%
- Calvinist: 18%
- Anabaptist: 2%
- Jewish: 25%
Miscellaneous:
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German: Stundweiler
Between 1746 and 1766 Stundwiller, together with Oberroedern
and Aschbach, formed part of the community
of
Obergericht. These three communities were again merged 17 June 1974 under the
name Stundwiller, and later separated once again into independent communities.
Population:
- 1792: 426
- 1851: 467
- 1905: 397
- 1936: 313
- 1990: 263
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, rue Principale, 67250 Stundwiller
- Bibliography:
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Formed by the merger in 1972 of the communities of Stutzheim (German: Stützheim) and Offenheim.
Population:
- 1791: 124 (Offenheim), 220 (Stutzheim)
- 1851: 215 (Offenheim), 327 (Stutzheim)
- 1905: 219 (Offenheim), 309 (Stutzheim)
- 1936: 218 (Offenheim), 270 (Stutzheim)
- 1990: 982
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100% (both communities)
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Schwertz
Variants: Souarce, Suerce
Population:
- 1790: 515
- 1851: 558
- 1906: 458
- 1936: 303
- 1990: 339
Religious composition in 1804:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, rue d'Alsace, 90100 Suarce
- Bibliography:
The Bulletin of the Société Belfortaine d'Émulation publishes articles on the history of the Territoire de Belfort. Information on this journal can be obtained by writing to:
BP 773, 90020 Belfort Cedex
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German: Sundhofen
Population:
- 1790: 826
- 1851: 1,222
- 1905: 900
- 1936: 789
- 1990: 1,756
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 13%
- Lutheran: 86%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Sundhausen
Population:
- 1790: 773
- 1851: 1,472
- 1905: 1,203
- 1936: 1,072
- 1990: 1,106
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 5%
- Lutheran: 94%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 177 rue Principale, 67920 Sundhouse
- Bibliography:
Sundhouse: son histoire des origines à nos jours, by Jean Bernard (Strasbourg: Oberlin, 1983), ISBN 285369030X
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German: Surburg
Variant: Sourbourg
Population:
- 1792: 1,489
- 1851: 1,984
- 1905: 1,305
- 1936: 1,361
- 1990: 1,464
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 89%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 10%
Miscellaneous:
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