commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is th ...
Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administra ...
in northeastern
France
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Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération
The Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération is the ''Communauté d'agglomération'', a type of local government structure, covering the metropolitan area of the city of Mulhouse in the department of Haut-Rhin and the region of Grand Est, northeastern Fra ...
, the inter-communal local government body for the
Mulhouse
Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning '' mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace a ...
conurbation. Its
inhabitants
Domicile is relevant to an individual's "personal law," which includes the law that governs a person's status and their property. It is independent of a person's nationality. Although a domicile may change from time to time, a person has only one ...
are called the ''Berrwillerois'' and ''Berrwilleroises''.
Geography
Berrwiller is located at the foot of Hartmannswillerkopf (“Old Armand”) and is composed of the parts “Owerdorf”, “Unterdorf”, “Leimgrüab”, “Bertschwiller” and “Weckenthal”. In the southeast part of the village are Route nationale#Routes nationales 76 to 100 and in the northwest is the
Alsace wine
Alsace wine or Alsatian wine (french: Vin d'Alsace; german: Elsässer Wein; gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, d'r Wii vum Elsàss; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, de Win vum Elsàss) is produced in the Alsace region in France and is primarily wh ...
.
History
* 796: The first mention of Berrwiller is in the files of
Murbach
Murbach is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Murbach Abbey is located near Murbach.
See also
* Communes of the Haut-Rhin département
The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French dep ...
, then under the name of ''Baronewillare''.
* 1441: The document ''liber marcarum'' teaches us that there are, in Berrwiller,
priest
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in partic ...
and one
vicar
A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pre ...
and that the church is dedicated to Saint
Brigit of Kildare
Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland ( ga, Naomh Bríd; la, Brigida; 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish hagiogra ...
* 1697: The armorial bearings of Berrwiller (3 mountains of sinople surmounted by a S-shaped hook) appear for the first time in ''the armorial of the General information of Alsace''.
* 1766: Construction of the current church to replace the old church out of wood.
* 1853: Construction of the current cemetery.
* 1865: Creation of the very first body of the firemen of Berrwiller
* 1885: Construction of the communal
Lavoir
A lavoir (wash-house) is a public place set aside for the washing of clothes. Communal washing places were common in Europe until industrial washing was introduced, and this process in turn was replaced by domestic washing machines and by laun ...
; there remains nothing any more but the basin.
* 1907: First phone line in the village
* 1912: The electrification of the first streets and houses
* 1914: Evacuation of the village in December, because it was located on the front line in
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
.
* 1918: Return of population, a third destroyed and 21 soldiers of the village dead.
* 1945: Release of the village on February 4.
* 1953: Installation of mains drainage and running water
* 1960: Construction of the underground mine in Berrwiller of MDPA
* 1976: A serious accident underground in the mine when 5 minors fell.
* 30 June 2007: A motorist deliberately drives their car into members of the public during a village fête, resulting in one fatality and seventeen injured (including two in critical condition).
Demographics
Sites and monuments
Berrwiller has had a church going back to 1766, a house of the 16th century, a presbytery of 1804 and one school of 1860.
Personalities related to the commune
Dr. Colonel Baur was a native of Berrwiller whose name was given to the area's military hospital. Colmar Lucien Herr Directeur was a librarian from the national library in Paris.