Soultz-Haut-Rhin

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Coordinates: 47°53′10″N 7°13′47″E / 47.886, 7.22972

Administration
Commune of Soultz-Haut-Rhin
Location

Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Guebwiller
Canton	Soultz-Haut-Rhin
Intercommunality	C.C. de la région de Guebwiller
Mayor	Thomas Birgaentzlé (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	239 m–1,421 m (avg. 270 m)
Land area^¹	29.56 km²
Population^² (1999)	6,640
- Density	224/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	68315/ 68360
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Soultz-Haut-Rhin is a French town, located in the département of Haut-Rhin and the region Alsace.

Its inhabitants are called Soultziens and Soultziennes.

Church St-Mauritius (église St-Maurice), Soultz

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demography
4 Places and monuments
5 Characters related to the town
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Geography

The town of Soultz-Haut-Rhin has an enclave located north-east of Goldbach-Altenbach.

The town of Soultz was built around a salted water source from which originates its name.

[edit] History

The origins of Soultz go back to the 7th century.

667 : the written name of Sulza (salted source) ismentioned in a donation from Adalrich, Duke of Alsace, father of Saint Odile, of the bann of Soultz to the convent of Ebersmunster.

[edit] Demography

1962 : 4,750
1968 : 4,910
1975 : 5,689
1982 : 5,696
1990 : 5,867
1999 : 6,640

[edit] Places and monuments

In the town of Soultz still remain houses from the 16^th, 17^th and 18^th centuries.

The Church Saint-Mauritius, l'église Saint-Maurice (1270-1489)

Bucheneck Castle (historical museum)

The Bucheneck Castle (historical museum)
La Nef des Jouets (The Toys Vessel, museum of toys)

[edit] Characters related to the town

Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, who married Catherine Gontcharoff, eldest sister of Alexander Pushkin 's wife. A duel between the two men led to Pushkin's death.
Auguste-César West (1810-1880), prefect of Haut-Rhin from 1848 to 1850 then prefect of Bas-Rhin until 1855 and of Haute-Garonne until 1859.
Bernard Genghini, footballist, born in 1958 in Soultz
Pierre Villon (1901-1980), whose real name was Pierre Ginsburger, was a French political figure who took part to the Resistance.
Katia Krafft, volcanologue, born in 1942 in Soultz. Spouse of the volcanologue Maurice Krafft. Both of them were carried off in 1991 by a pyroclastical flow on the sides of the Mount Unzen (Japan).