Lingolsheim () is a commune in the

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin () is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lower altitude among the two French Rhine departments: it is downstream of the Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine) de ...

department in

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in north-eastern

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Geography

Lingolsheim is situated southwest of

, being a principal suburb between the city centre and Strasbourg Airport. Road access to the city is provided by departmental roads RD 392 and RD 222 and, less directly, by the region's main south-north autoroute. The commune is on the railway line that connects Strasbourg with Molsheim and Sélestat, and is served by Line B of the Strasbourg tram network as well as several bus routes. It lies on the small rivers Bruche and Ill.

History

Nineteenth-century industrialisation

Outcomes of the

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included the annexation in 1871 of

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. A period of rapid modernisation ensued throughout the Strasbourg region, involving population growth, urbanisation and industrial expansion. For Lingolsheim, a defining feature of this modernisation was the creation and rapid development of a large industrial tannery by Adler & Oppenheimer

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. By 1914 the business employed 2,000 and leather dominated the town's economy. These years also saw the establishment of a major sand extraction industry. The local soil, rich in red and white sands, was intensively exploited during the closing years of the nineteenth century.

Twentieth century wars

Lingolsheim was not much affected by the fighting in the

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, but following the defeat of

the whole of Alsace found itself transferred back to

. The

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was more damaging. Immediately before the German invasion of 1940, the town's tanneries were evacuated to

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where they remained until after the war. In the autumn of 1940 Lingolsheim was incorporated into "Großstraßburg". The buildings that had housed the tanneries were converted into a large workshop dedicated to repairing

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s. During this war Lingolsheim was subjected to several bombardments.

Geography

History

Nineteenth-century industrialisation

Twentieth century wars

Population

See also