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| Illhaeusern | ||
| department | Haut-Rhin | |
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| Residents | 711 (2018) | |
| height | 174 | |
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| Tourist info | 33 (0)3 89 73 23 23 http://www.ribeauville-riquewihr.com | |
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Illhaeusern is a village in FrenchAlsace, Department Haut-Rhin and member of the community association Pays de Ribeauvillé and Riquewihr.
In-house is one Ville fleurie, a "flower-adorned city" and carries im Concours des villes et villages fleuris ("Competition of cities and towns decorated with flowers") 3 out of 4 roses.
background
Something about the story
The location at the confluence of the Fecht and Ill rivers, through which goods such as wine, grain, bread, vegetables, smoked fish, balls of cloth etc. can be obtained from, was important for the development of the village Guémar to the Ill and on to Strasbourg. In 1479 the now outdated port in Guémar was given up in favor of a new pier on the Ill. The village of Illhaeusern was soon founded there by fishermen, merchants and ferrymen. In 1482 a village was named to the houses on the Yllen mentioned. The place was already named in 1553 Illheüsern. Fishing for fish and crustaceans was the main source of income for the young village. The fishermen soon formed their own guild, which over time had an increasing influence on local events. The importance of fishing is also reflected in the municipality's coat of arms, with a fish as the central motif. Since the 19th century, the residents had a fish as their emblem. At that time, Guémar and its then district Illhaeusern belonged to the feudal estate of the noble family Ribeaupierre, based in 8 km away Ribeauvillé. At the beginning of the 16th century, as an independent municipality, the place received a municipal code with its own jurisdiction, although it still remained attached to Guémar. From 1568 to 1784 there was the "Melkerhof" in the village, an estate owned by the Ribeaupierres, in which an "oath day" took place every year on which the Common mark took her oath. The annual general meeting of the fishing guild ("Fischertage") also took place here with the admission of fishermen as new members and the election of the "fisherman master" (Mâitre-pêcheurs) for three years, roughly comparable to the guild master. Of course, the festival was also celebrated "heartily" with plenty of grilled fish and local wine. On May 18, 1833, the town was bound to Guémar by a decree issued by the "Citizen King" Louis-Philippe canceled, Illhaeusern was now independent. In the 19th century, fishing and shipping on the Ill became less important because more modern means of transport emerged and there were fewer and fewer crabs. What has been preserved are the festivals to commemorate those times: fried fish festival, boat trips, etc. During the occupation of the place by the German Wehrmacht in June 1940, the Ill bridge, the Catholic church, the two restaurants and four other houses were destroyed. In 1944, further destruction took place in the Battle of Colmar, until the 1st French Army was finally able to liberate the place on January 25, 1945. The reconstruction could take place slowly. The main street was used to commemorate the Liberation Day Rue du 25 Janvier called.
The crest
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Blazon: (Source: Book of arms of the municipalities in Haut-Rhin from 1981)
- De sinople à la truite d'argent posée en pal, la queue vers le chef. ("On a single, green field in the middle a silver-colored trout, upside down", [the back to the right, stained with 6 lined up red dots on the side line].
The coat of arms represents a shield with a green background. In its center is a silver trout with six red dots, a black eye and some black lines that represent the scales. The choice of six points is random and has no special meaning. The fishermen of the village "took" the fish as heraldic animal from the coat of arms of Guémar when they founded Illhaeusern. One or more fish in the coat of arms also have other places in Haut-Rhin as a symbol of fishing as an economic sector: Baltzenheim, Biesheim, Chavannes-sur-l'Étang, Ferrette, Fislis, Geiswasser, Goldbach-Altenbach and Guewenheim.
getting there
By plane
The nearest commercial airports are the Strasbourg airport
(IATA: SXB), 59 km) and EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg(IATA: BSL, MLH, EAP), 78 km).
The Colmar-Houssen airfield (14 km away) allows the landing of small private planes.
By car
The journey takes place by car
- from north and south over the
Alsacienne auto route, and N 83
20 Ribeauvillé, then over that D 106 directly in the center of the village. - from the west from inland (Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines) about the D 416 to Ribeauvillé and D 106 in the place.
- from the east: The next Rhine crossings to Germany are at Breisach (27 km) and Marckolsheim (13 km)
By train
The Ribeauvillé station is no longer in operation. The nearest train station with a TGV stop is in Colmar.
By bus
A 106 bus connects the town 3 times a day every 55 minutes with Colmar and Ribeauvillé.
mobility
The place is not surrounded by vineyards like others in the region, but lies in the former marshy area of the mouth of the Fecht in the Ill and the Riedlach brook branching off from it, which the Ill near Sélestat reached again. Illhaeusern is surrounded by agricultural fields. The touristically interesting center east of the Ill and northeast of the mouth of the Fecht has an extension of only about 200 m in the EW direction and 400-450 m in the NS direction. All sights are in the center of the village between the Ill bridge and the Protestant church. There are no major inclines, the main road (Rue du 25 Janvier) can be described as level between the Illbrücke (175 m) and the Protestant church.
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Église Daint-Pierre-et-Paul - The Church of St. Peter and Paul was built in 1958 in place of the previous one, built in 1861 and destroyed by shelling by the German Wehrmacht in 1944. The first church existed as early as 1728, which was paid for as a chapel by the community and consecrated 20 years later. The church has a separately standing bell tower with a square floor plan, which has a tower knob, a wrought iron cross and - who is surprised - a fish as a "weather vane" on its top. At the level of the bell chamber there are sound arcades in the walls of all four cardinal directions, easily recognizable by the sound lamellas, which guide the sound of the bells in all directions, primarily downwards. Storks usually breed on the ridge of the nave. The magnificent, colored church windows of the ship give the church interior an unusual play of colors. The altarpiece depicts a crucifixion. The baptismal fonts kept in the north aisle are the last witnesses of the church from 1728.
- 2 Auberge de l'Ill - The Haeberlin family inn, stronghold of Alsatian cuisine, awarded three Michelin stars, was originally a kind of discotheque ("Tanzschenke") where cooking was the job of women. A frequent and welcome guest in the then L'Arbre Vert ("To the green tree") was the Alsatian draftsman and German hater at the beginning of the 20th century Jean-Jacques Waltz (Hansi). In June 1940 the restaurant as well as the second Illhaeusern was destroyed (see "Some history"). The reconstruction of the now mentioned L'Auberge de l'Ill began under the founder's grandchildren, the brothers Jean-Pierre and Paul Haeberlin, in 1950. Today, Marc, the son of Paul, who died in 2008, continues the restaurant and has been able to receive his father's three Michelin stars to this day.
- 3 Écluse - The lock (L'Écluse) was built in the 1870s to regulate the amount of water in the Bennwasser for irrigation of the fields in the reed and made it easier for fishermen to take boat trips up the Ill. From the wooden barracks, once used to store wooden beams for the dam, you now have a beautiful view of the Ill and the Bennwasser after a renovation.
- 4 Born - The boundary stone from 1833 (to commemorate the year of Guémar's independence) can be reached by walking along the Bennwasserufer from the lock and into the Rue du Bennwasser turns in. In addition to the year, a fish and an anchor, symbols of fishermen and boatmen are engraved. The location of the boundary stone is not original, it was once in a field nearby.
- 5 Séchoir à tabac - The former Tobacco drying shed stands behind the house 4 rue du Char Porc-Épic ("Road to the tank Porcupine"). It can be recognized as a tobacco kiln by the rotating air flaps, but today it serves other purposes. Drying sheds can also be seen in it 33 rue du 25 Janvier and at the end of the Rue des Cigognes, near the Orchbach.
- 6 Maison de pêcheur - A typical fisherman's house
- 7 Chapelle protestante - The current Protestant church, built in 1952, stands on the site of the previous church that was destroyed in 1940 and was built in 1868 by the Protestant parish. The windows of the Strasbourg-born artist Roger Mühl, who is well known throughout France, are well worth seeing.
- 8 Maison de pêcheur - Another fisherman's house from the 18th century, it used to be affected by a bend in the Ill river. The traditional structure of the house is typical: living rooms and a small stable under one roof on the ground floor, the entrance leads directly into the kitchen that opens into the main living room, then into a higher cellar at the end of the house.
- Three former bunkers of the Maginot defense line are located in the municipality:
- At the end of Rue de l'Ill, opposite the lock, but hardly recognizable due to heavy overgrowth
- On the southern headland at the confluence of the Ill and Fecht rivers
- At the entrance to Illhaeusern, coming from Guémar
- Also worth seeing are:
- 9 Ancien Moulin au Riedbrunnen - The old mill on Riedbrunnen-Bach, 8 route d'Elsenheim: The brook drove the mill in which grain was ground. A mill had stood here since 1469, where generations of millers did their day's work: They also operated a plaster mill, a sawmill and a laundry. The laundry was laid out for bleaching in the square opposite the mill, which is still called today Pale. In the meantime, the millstones of the mill that is still in operation have been replaced by grinding rollers. The central building and the half-timbering date from 1796.
- 10 Char Porc-Épic - At the junction of the old one Route d'Elsenheim In the new one, about 1,200 m south of the end of the village, there is a tank that was involved in the Battle of Colmar: It is a (from the French) Porc-Épic ("Porcupine") baptized M 10 Wolverine tank of the 1st French Army, which was shot at by the German 708th Jagdpanzer Volksgrenadier Division on January 26, 1945, not far from where it is today, killing three soldiers of the crew. The tank commander, Sergent Marc Samin († 1991), was seriously injured in the legs. He later clearly remembered the fire from the tank destroyer and that he had shot back and destroyed the tank destroyer at the same time. A grave column commemorates the 121 dead of the 8th Panzer Regiment who were involved in the liberation of the place.
activities
- In summer, romantic boat trips are offered accompanied by a ferryman from Illhaeusern. (Reservations and information at the Tourist Information)
- Boat trips in single canoes or kayaks are offered from mid-April to mid-October. (Reservation and information from the association Canoës du Ried, Tel. 33 (0) 3 89 73 84 82).
shop
There is little or no shopping opportunity for everyday goods, everything is available in the larger neighboring towns, in Colmar or Sélestat.
kitchen
- 1 Auberge de l'Ill, 2 rue de Collonges au Mont d'Or, 68970 Illhaeusern. Tel.: 33 (0)3 89 71 89 00. The restaurant of the well-known Haeberlin family of restaurateurs, which is beautifully located on the banks of the Ill, offers star cuisine that meets the highest standards. Price example: 300 g goose liver terrine € 130.Open: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm.
- 2 Restaurant à la Truite, 17 Rue du 25 Janvier, 68970 Illhaeusern. Tel.: 33 (0)3 89 71 83 51. In the restaurant "Zur Forelle", founded in 1908, the Haeberlins are said to have met before their restaurant was destroyed, according to which the two brothers of Paul Haeberlin should have argued until his death about who pays the bill. The house has a beautiful terrace facing the Ill. The prices on the menu are in line with the regional level (e.g. trout miller € 14.80).
There are still some Winstubwhich offer small, regional dishes in addition to wine.
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 Hôtel des Berges, 23 rue du 25 Janvier, 68970 Illhaeusern. Tel.: 33 (0)3 89 71 87 87. The hotel is owned by the Haeberlin family of restaurateurs and has room prices adjusted to the level of the restaurant, but presumably also high-quality furnishings etc.
security
health
Emergency numbers
Please refer Emergency numbers in France
Practical advice
trips
The place is an ideal starting point to the other very beautiful villages of the municipality, to the Vosges and to Colmar.
literature
Individual references and sources
- Tourist information brochure (also in German)
