Durmenach

Durmenach
Commune
The town hall in Durmenach

Coat of arms
Durmenach
Location within Grand Est region
Durmenach
Coordinates: 47°31′40″N 7°20′20″E / 47.5278°N 7.3389°E / 47.5278; 7.3389Coordinates: 47°31′40″N 7°20′20″E / 47.5278°N 7.3389°E / 47.5278; 7.3389
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Altkirch
Canton Altkirch
Intercommunality Ill et Gersbach
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Dominique Springinsfeld
Area1 5.76 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 924
 • Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 68075 /68480
Elevation 360–461 m (1,181–1,512 ft)
(avg. 365 m or 1,198 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Durmenach (German: Dürmenach) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

Durmenach is a charming and typical little village located in the South of the region Alsace. It is one of the 120 villages that composes the Sundgau.

History

With the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, Habsburg domination ceased and Durmenach became French.

The village was an important Jewish settlement in the 15th century. Most of the houses in the centre were built by Jewish families between the 16th and 18th centuries[1].

In 1826, the Jews still lived in 66 different houses. Durmenach still had 650 Jews out of 1,000 inhabitants at that time.

In 1846, the Jewish population represented more than 56% of village.

On February 29th, 1848, the last antisemitic pogrom in France took place and it happened in the village and its surroundings[2]. It is also called Juden Rumpel or Judenrumpell. 75 Jewish houses were burned. An odonym (Rue du 29-Février) commemorates this event.

After 1940, most Jews had left or been deported and did not return after the Liberation.

The Jewish cemetery of Durmenach dates from 1794 and at the time contained a thousand tombs, 300 of which are still visible.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://judaisme.sdv.fr/synagog/hautrhin/a-f/durmenac.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.judaicultures.info/sites-patrimoine/france-15/region-est/article/durmenach-commemoration-du
  3. ↑ http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=IA68002391
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