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BURNHAUPT-LE-BAS altitude 300 m BURNHAUPT-LE-HAUT altitude 300 m SOPPE-LE-HAUT altitude 320 m SENTHEIM altitude 360 m LAUW altitude 380 me Comes from Old High German, Brunn becoming Burn: spring, and Haupt: Comes from Old High German, Brunn becoming Burn: spring, and Haupt: Soppe-le-Haut comes from Sultz: salt-water, and Bach: stream. Sentheim comes from the German patronymic Sindi and German Heim: Lauw comes from the German Au: meadow, meaning “damp land”. principal. principal. The origins of Soppe-le-Haut undoubtedly date back to the Gallo-Roman home. Lauw was part of Masevaux Abbey, which owned a sawmill there. A frontier Remains from the Neolithic and Roman periods were discovered within Burnhaupt-le-Haut was part of the feudal manor of Thann, higher pro- period. A Roman road from Mandeure in Doubs to Artzenheim ran through The name of the village, Senten, appeared for the first time in 1302. In the village from 1870 to 1914 and from 1940 to 1944, Lauw had a customs the commune boundaries. Burnhaupt-le-Bas, resulting from the division of vostship of Burnhaupt, lower Mairie (town hall) of Burnhaupt. Annexe Soppe-le-Haut. There was a Roman castellum on the territory. The name Middle Ages, there was a village downstream, Rimperswiller, a village des- post, which controlled the roads leading to Belfort. In 1907, American troops Burnhaupt into two towns, appeared from 1394 under the name of Niedern of Burnhaupt-le-Haut, Pont d’Aspach takes its name from the bridge Soppe began to appear around 1100 when the priories of St Morand (Altkirch) troyed by the Armagnacs in the 16th century or during the Thirty Years War. set up a field hospital in the old limekiln quarries. Before being liberated on Burnhohten. From this period the village was part of the feudal manor of Thann, across the Doller: this bridge is an old toll bridge, perhaps created by the and St Nicolas (Rougemont). In 1459, the war has decimated the population In addition to widespread pastoral activity, there were also manufacturing November 26th 1944, Lauw was hit by artillery fire. Located on a fracture provostship of Burnhaupt, which, in 1671, comprised two Mairies (Town Halls), Counts of Eguisheim, which accounts for its name in 1545, Exenbruckh. Armagnacs Soppe. At this time Soppe and Mortzwiller formed only one village. and mining activities. The inventory features coal mines, mills, tile works field separating primary and secondary rock, the village has an interesting including the lower Mairie, with both Burnhaupts and Gildwiller. Burnhaupt-le- The village and its annexe were completely destroyed in the First World War. Sights: Sainte Marguerite church and its Callinet organs. and hand weaving looms, replaced in 1834 by the construction of a spinning substratum. Bas was the administrative centre of the Mairie and seat of the Provostship. Industrial activities were concentrated around Pont d’Aspach and Burnhaupt- works and weaving plant. A canal brought water from the Doller to power Sights: Saint Eloi church - Grotte du Hohlenstein caverns The village was completely ruined during the First World War. It find bunkers le-Haut has a bigger population than Burnhaupt-le-Bas, an inversion of the the turbines. This activity finally came to an end in the 1970s. Drilling to find Along the Lauw: discovery trail, available from the Masevaux Tourist Office dating from the first war. A 8.6 km trail to discover more than 14 stations situation in the 17th century. GUEWENHEIM altitude 335 m oil are undertaken in 1942, 1962 and 1987. and the Mairie in Lauw. with bunkers, old washing and artillery. Sights: Saint Boniface church Guewenheim comes from the anthroponym Göwen or Gowin and the German Sights: Saint Georges church - the Convalescence Centre - Thur Doller Sights: Saint Pierre and Saint Paul church - Saint Wendelin chapel The Tranchée d’Elbée Monument heim: home. The origins of Guewenheim date back to 823, when the village Alsace Railway Station - Sainte Anne chapel - House of the geology was mentioned in a charter by Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne, who and the environnement and its geological route granted the villages of the Doller valley to the Abbey of Masevaux. But the Sentheim is labeled Storks Village in Alsace since 2009 SOPPE-LE-BAS altitude 320 m document was a forgery made in the 12th century. Guewenheim suffered the Soppe-le-Bas comes from Sultz: salt-water, and Bach: stream. destructive forces of the Thirty Years War and many families fled. 120 years The village was mentioned in 1105 under the name of Suspa, in 1185, later, only 25 families remained, and the call went out to Swiss immigrants MORTZWILLER altitude 380 m as Sulcebach, in 1302, Lower Sulzebach, and, later, as Niedersulzbach. to repopulate the village. In the 19th century, the textile industry moved Mortzwiller comes from the German patronymic Moritz and the Latin villare: farm. Included in the feudal manor of Thann, it belonged to the Ferrette family, in, with the creation of small workshops serving the industries of Thann Mortzwiller is set at the meeting point of the Sundgau hills and the imme- then, from 1324 to 1648, to the Habsbourg family, and from 1648 to the and Mulhouse. Liberated in the early stages of the war, in August 1914, diate foothills of the Vosges. There are extensive views from the top of the Mortzwiller Revolution, to the Duc de Mazarin. The commune was awarded the 1914- Guewenheim was close to the front and had to endure bombardments during surrounding hills. From Mortzwiller, there are views of the imposing Rossberg 1918 Croix de Guerre. the 4 years of the war. Massif, the Bäerenkopf, which stood astride the French-German border in Sights: Saint Vincente church and its Rinkenbach organ Sights: Saint Maurice church - Notre Dame des Bouleaux chapel 1870 and the Ballon d'Alsace with its steeply plunging flanks descending towards the Doller valley. To the South, there is the hazy blue outline of the Jura range and, on a clear day, you can admire the sparkling peaks of the Bernese Oberland. Sights: half-timbered houses Burnhaupt-le-Haut Sentheim Soppe-le-Haut Tourist Map Tourist Doller Valley Doller Burnhaupt-le-Bas Soppe-le-Bas Guewenheim Lauw Kirchberg Sickert Masevaux Tourist Office opening hours January, February, March, April, November and December: Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 12:00 & 14:00 to 18:00. Saturday from 9:00 to 12:00 In May, June, September and October: Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 12:00 & 14:00 to 18:00. Saturday from 10:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:00 In July and August: Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 12:30 & 14:00 to 18:00. Saturday from 10:00 to 12:00 & 14:00 to 17:00. Wegscheid Dolleren Rimbach Sewen Masevaux Niederbruck Oberbruck MASEVAUX altitude 405 m SICKERT altitude 425 m KIRCHBERG altitude 440 m DOLLEREN altitude 471 m RIMBACH altitude 580 m The origins of Masevaux date back to the 8th century. According to legend, Sickert comes from the German sickern: seep, and Bach: stream. Kirchberg comes from the German Kirche: church, and Berg: mountain Dolleren gets its name from Doller, which probably has Celtic origins: die Rimbach comes from the name of the Germanic divinity Rindr, wife of Odin, Count Mason, a nephew of Sainte Odile, the Patron Saint of Alsace, had The name of Sickert first appears in the archives in 1482. In the 19th century, Mentioned from 1321, under the name of Kirchberg, the village featured oller: running water. and the German Bach: stream. a sumptuous castle built at the place known as the Schlossberg, at the Sickert was a small town of weavers and farmers. Saint Severin, the patron several quarters: Langenfeld, Hohbuhl, Hecken and Strueth. Until the The first mention of the village came in 1567, under the name of Tholier. In The village belonged to the Counts of Ferrette, then, from 1324 to 1648, to entrance to Masevaux. Stricken by the death of his son, who drowned in Saint of weavers, is particularly honoured here. The people of Sickert also Revolution, the village was part of the Abbey and the feudal manor of the 18th century, there were active granite quarrying operations, as well as the Habsbourg family. The name of Rimbach appeared in 1482. The village the Doller, Count MASON gave away his wealth and goods to found a enjoy the Alsatian nickname: "Kirschklepfer": cherry-stone spitters. Sickert Masevaux. Principally agricultural for centuries, Kirchberg saw the advent iron and copper mines. A cotton weaving works opened in 1847. On August belonged to the feudal manor of Masevaux until the Revolution. Rimbach Benedictine abbey named for St Léger and entrusted the abbey with his was the birthplace of Louis ZIMMERMANN (1905-1997), founder of the of industrial activity in the 19th century, initiated by Mayor Moritz, and 6th 1914, the village became French again and was used as a rest zone behind includes several lakes: Lac des Perches at an altitude of 1,000 m, and the two son’s remains. Over time, the monastery became a convent for the daugh- newspaper L'Alsace and Mayor of Sickert from 1971 to 1983, and Roger continued by Eininger then the Zeller family from Oberbruck. Langenfeld’s the frontline throughout the war. The source of the Doller is located at a lakes, Petit Neuweiher at 810 m, and Grand Neuweiher at 820 m. Tourism ters of the nobility, directed by an Abbess. It is believed that Catherine II of GAUGLER, Mayor since 1983. weaving activity stopped in 1951.