Haguenau (; Alsatian: or ; and historically in English: ''Hagenaw'') is a

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in the

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of France, of which it is a

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. It is second in size in the

only to

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, some to the south. To the north of the town, the

Forest of Haguenau Forest of Haguenau (french: Forêt de Haguenau) lies to the north of the town of Haguenau. It has a surface area of and is the largest undivided forest in France. Many Bronze Age and Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-ag ...

(french: Forêt de Haguenau) is the largest undivided forest in France. Haguenau was founded by German dukes and has swapped back and forth several times between Germany and France over the centuries, with its spelling altering between "Hagenau" and "Haguenau" by the turn. After the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, Haguenau was ceded to the new German Empire. It was part of the German Empire for 48 years from 1871 to 1918, when at the end of

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it was returned to France. This transfer was officially ratified in 1919 with the

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. Haguenau is a rapidly growing town, its population having increased from 22,944 inhabitants in 1968 to 34,504 inhabitants in 2017. Haguenau's

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has grown from 54,415 inhabitants in 1968 to 75,933 inhabitants in 2017.

History

Haguenau dates from the beginning of the 12th century, when Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed (1090 – 6 April 1147) of

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erected a hunting lodge on an island in the river Moder. The medieval King and

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fortified the settlement and gave it

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, important for further development, in 1154. On the site of the hunting lodge he founded an imperial palace he regarded as his favourite residence. In this palace were preserved the "Crown Jewels of the

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", i.e. the jewelled imperial crown, sceptre, imperial orb, and sword of

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, King of the Romans, made it an

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in 1257. Subsequently, through

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(

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) Haguenau became the seat of the of Hagenau, the German imperial advocate in

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. In the 14th century, it housed the executive council of the Decapole, a defensive and offensive association of ten Alsatian towns against external aggression, economic expansion and related political instability. In the

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in 1648, Alsace was ceded to France, which had repeatedly invaded and looted the region in the past. In 1673 King

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had the fortifications as well as the remains of the king's palace razed in order to extinguish German traditions. Haguenau was recaptured by German troops in 1675, but was taken again by the French two years later, when it was nearly destroyed by fire set by looting French troops. In 1793 Prussians and Austrians had occupied Lower Alsace from the Lauter to Moder to support the Royalists and before the year's end were driven back over the border by the

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, causing the “great flight”. In 1871, Haguenau was ceded to the

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upon its victory in the Franco-Prussian War; the community was made part of Alsace-Lorraine, with its Germanic spelling–''Hagenau''–restored. The

Haguenau Airport Haguenau Airport is an airport in France, located about 2 miles southeast of Haguenau (Département du Bas-Rhin, Alsace); 15 miles north of Strasburg and 250 miles east of Paris. The airport supports general aviation, with no commercial airlin ...

was built in 1916 by the German military to train fighter and bomber pilots to fight in the

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. Hagenau was part of the briefly independent Republic of Alsace-Lorraine after

, before being returned to France in 1919.

Second World War

In the

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, Germany retook the town in 1940. In November 1944 the area surrounding Haguenau was under the control of the 256th Volksgrenadier Division under the command of General

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. On 1 December 1944, the 314th Infantry Regiment of the 79th Division, XV Corps, 7th U.S. Army, moved into the area near Haguenau, and on 7 December the regiment was given the assignment to take it and the town forest just north that included German ammunition dumps. The attack began at 0645, 9 December, and sometime during the night of 10 December and the early morning of 11 December the Germans withdrew under the cover of darkness, leaving the town proper largely under American control. Before they withdrew, the Germans demolished bridges, useful buildings, and even the town park. However, as experienced by Haguenau throughout its history, the Germans came back and retook the town in late January. Most of the inhabitants fled with the assistance of the U.S. Army. The Americans launched an immediate counterattack to retake the town. The 313th Infantry Regiment of the 79th Division was relieved by the

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on 5 February 1945. The 36th Infantry Division would relieve the 101st on 23 February 1945. On March 15 the Allied

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, a combined effort of the U.S. Seventh and French 1st Armies of the U.S.

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was launched to drive the Germans back along a 75 km line from

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to Haguenau. The last German soldier was not cleared out of the town until March 19, 1945, after house-to-house fighting. Much of the town had been destroyed despite the Allied reluctance to use artillery to clear out the Germans.

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Morris E. Crain, Company E, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for providing covering fire for his men on 13 March 1945.

Population

Economy

The town has a well balanced economy. Centuries of troubled history in the buffer lands between France and Germany have given Haguenau a rich historical and cultural heritage which supports a lively tourist trade. There is also a thriving light

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centred on the industrial zone to the west of the town. Here the presence nearby of significant retail developments testifies to Haguenau's importance as a regional commercial centre. The recent extension of the

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has improved access to the commercial and industrial zones and reduced the traffic congestion which used to be a frequent challenge for vehicle drivers using the road which follows the line of the old town walls on the western side of town.

Sights

Architecture

In spite of the extensive destruction Haguenau suffered during the many wars experienced by Alsace, especially the

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, the French conquest in 1677 and the Second World War, it still possesses monuments from nine centuries, even if nothing is left of arguably the most prestigious of them, Frederick I Barbarossa's imperial palace (''Kaiserpfalz''). Medieval Haguenau retains three gates from its former fortification, the ''Tour des Chevaliers'' (Tower of the knights), the ''Tour des Pêcheurs'' (Tower of the fishermen) and the ''Porte de Wissembourg'' (

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gate), two fairly large Gothic churches, Saint-Georges and Saint-Nicolas, an ancient water-mill and the old custom-house (''Ancienne Douane''). Both Saint-Georges and Saint-Nicolas Church have lost many of their artistic treasures over the centuries, especially their medieval stained glass windows and outside sculptures. Still, both display to this day some fine liturgical furniture (altars, choir stalls, organ cases,

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s, calvaries...). Saint-Nicolas has become the receptacle for the baroque wooden decoration of the church of the destroyed

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nearby. French

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and

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has bequeathed the town several buildings, among which the former hospital and the current town hall. The Synagogue (1820) is a fine example of French

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, as is the theatre (''Théâtre municipal'') (1846). The large

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hall (''Halle au houblon'') is a good example of historicism in architecture. It was built by the French in 1867 and extended twice by the Germans, in 1881 and 1908. The

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in the locality of Marienthal is a vast

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sanctuary (1863–1866). It keeps two early 15th-century statues, and a host of sculptures from around 1519. Haguenau's streets are adorned by attractive fountains, the medieval Saint-Georges fountain, the 18th-century Bee fountain (''Fontaine aux abeilles'') and the 1825 Dolphin fountain (''Fontaine aux dauphins'').

Museums

Musée historique de Haguenau The Musée historique (Historical museum) is one of the three museums of Haguenau, France. It was established in 1900 and inaugurated in 1905, when Haguenau was a German town and part of Alsace-Lorraine. In spite of its name, it is as much an art ...

(Historical Museum). The largest museum in Bas-Rhin outside of Strasbourg, it is located in a grand neo-medieval building (1905). *

Musée alsacien (Haguenau) The ''Museé alsacien'' ( Alsatian museum) is one of the three museums of Haguenau, France. Like its older and much larger counterpart in Strasbourg, it is dedicated to local, mostly rural customs, furniture, and folk art. The museum was estab ...

(Alsatian Museum). Located in the former palace of the chancellor (''Chancellerie''), Haguenau's main

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building. * Musée du bagage (

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museum). Located in a former 1840s villa that subsequently served as a bank. The museum opened in April 2016.

Higher education

The ''Institut universitaire de technologie de Haguenau'' (IUT) was founded in 2006. It is a branch of the

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Notable people

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(de) * Werner Barkholt (1902–1942), a Catholic spiritualist * Alfred von Beckerath (de) * Charles Berdellé (fr) *

Stéphane Besle Stéphane Besle (; born 23 January 1984 in Haguenau) is a retired French footballer.Philipp Biedert (de) *

Philipp Friedrich Böddecker Philipp Friedrich Böddecker (christened 5 August 1607 in Hagenau - 8 October 1683 in Stuttgart) was a German court organist and composer. While organist at the Stiftskirche he engaged in a bitter dispute with Samuel Capricornus at the Württembe ...

(1607–1683), a Composer and organist *

David Léon Cahun David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

(1841–1900), a Jewish French traveler, orientalist and writer * Wolfgang Fabricius Capito(n) ''(Köpfel)'' (1478–1541), a Christian theologian and reformer * Roger Corbeau (fr) * Morris E. Crain (1924–March 13, 1945), a United States Army soldier *

Louis Eisenmann Louis Eisenmann (31 July 1869 – 14 May 1937) was a French historian and professor of Slavic studies. Born in Haguenau into a Jewish family, Eisenmann held a chair at the University of Dijon from 1905.(de) *

Frederick I Frederick I may refer to: * Frederick of Utrecht or Frederick I (815/16–834/38), Bishop of Utrecht. * Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (942–978) * Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (1050–1105) * Frederick I, Count of Zoller ...

Albert Gemmrich Albert Gemmrich (born 13 February 1955) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. He obtained five caps scoring twice for the France national team. Career statistics :''Scores and results list France's goal tally firs ...

Karl Gengler Karl Gengler (8 October 1886 – 9 October 1974) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag. Life From the first election until 1957 he wa ...

(1886–1974), a politician *

Gustave Glotz Gustave Glotz (17 February 1862, Haguenau, Bas-Rhin – 16 April 1935, Paris) was a French historian of ancient Greece. He was a supporter of the theory that history never follows a simple, logical course. Glotz studied at the École normale ...

Heinrich Gran Heinrich Gran (french: Henri Gran; active 1489–1527 in Haguenau) was a German book printer of the '' incunabular'' era. Together with Johannes Mentelin and Heinrich Eggestein, he was one of the pioneers of book-printing in Alsace. Little is k ...

(active from 1489 until 1527), a printer of

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(de) *

Josel of Rosheim Josel of Rosheim (alternatively: Joselin, Joselmann, Yoselmann, german: Josel von Rosheim, he, יוסף בן גרשון מרוסהים ''Joseph ben Gershon mi-Rosheim'', or ''Joseph ben Gershon Loanz''; c. 1480 – March, 1554) was the great advoca ...

(1476–1554), a Jewish

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, born here * Cédric Klein (fr) * Diebold Lauber (de) * Borach Levi, ''later'' Joseph Jean François Elie (1721–?), a Jewish convert to Christianity * Eliezer Liebermann (half of the 19th-century), an Austrian Jewish Talmudist son of the rabbi Zeeb-Wolf of this town *

Sébastien Loeb Sébastien Loeb (; born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing and rallycross driver. He is the most successful driver in the World Rally Championship (WRC), having won the world championship a record nine times in a row. He h ...

(born 1974), 9-time World Rally Championship-winning driver * Marcel Loeffler (fr) * Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck (de) * Niklaus von Hagenau *

Jean-Georges Paulus Jean-Georges Paulus (5 August 1816 – 14 April 1898), was a French musician, conductor of music from 1848 to 1873 and founder of the French Republican Guard Band. Biography Born in Haguenau (Bas-Rhin), he was the son of a coffee maker, Jean ...

* Reinmar of Hagenau, 12th-century

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* Marie-Louise Roth (born 1926), a literary scientist (de) *

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(1841–1922), a Jewish French communal worker and writer *

Diebold Schilling the Younger Diebold Schilling the Younger (before 1460 - 3 November 1515(?)) was the author of the "Luzerner Schilling", one of the Swiss illustrated chronicles, which he presented to the city council of Lucerne on 15 January 1513 (but which remained incomple ...

(before 1460, Haguenau (?)–1515 (?)), an Alsatian-Swiss chronicler *

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(fr) *

Elek Schwartz Alexandru "Elek" Schwartz (23 October 1908 – 2 October 2000) was a Romanian professional footballer and coach of the Netherlands national team. With S.L. Benfica he won the national Championship and Cup trophies of 1965 and led the club into ...

* Theobald Schwarz (de) *

Pierre Seel Pierre Seel (16 August 1923 – 25 November 2005) was a gay Holocaust survivor who was conscripted into the German Army and the only French person to have testified openly about his experience of deportation during World War II due to his h ...

(1923–2005), an activist *

Eduard Stadtler Eduard Stadtler (February 17, 1886 in Hagenau – October 5, 1945 in NKVD special camp Nr. 7) was a German journalist and nationalist politician who formed the Anti-Bolshevist League in 1918. Stadler had begun advocating the creation of a "nationa ...

* Johannes Stroux * Peter Stühlen (de) *

Joseph Thierry Joseph Marie Philippe Thierry (2 March 1857 – 22 September 1918) was a French lawyer and politician. He was deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône from 1898 to 1918. He was Minister of Public Works in 1913 and Minister of Finance in 1917. As Minister of F ...

* Michel Walter (fr) *

Mathieu Weill Isaac Mathieu Weill (24 May 1851 – 5 November 1939) was a French mathematician and principal of the Collège Chaptal. Biography Mathieu Weill was born to a Jewish family in Haguenau, the son of Valentine and Isidore Weill, a mathematics teache ...

(1851–1939), a Jewish French mathematician

Twin towns

Haguenau is twinned with

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(Germany).

Media

Episode eight of the Second World War miniseries '' Band of Brothers'' is set in Haguenau. In the 1968 film ''Girl on a motorcycle'', Marianne Faithfull's character sets out from Haguenau on her fateful journey.

References

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