Durlinsdorf
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| Commune of Durlinsdorf | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 07° 14' 29" E |
| Latitude | 47° 29' 11" " N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Alsace |
| Département | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch |
| Canton | Ferrette |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la porte d'Alsace |
| Mayor | M. Futterer Christian (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 420 m–676 m (avg. 470 m) |
| Land area¹ | 7.78 km² |
| Population² (2005) |
470 |
| - Density (1999) | 63/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68074/ 68480 |
| 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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Durlinsdorf is a commune (village) in Alsace, in the Haut-Rhin département in France.
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[edit] Administration
Durlinsdorf is a part of the region of Sundgau, of the arrondissement of Altkirch and the canton of Ferrette.
[edit] Economy
In-town employment not being sufficient to support the residents of the town, a majority of people work in nearby Switzerland. However, the following companies do operate in and around Durlinsdorf, and contribute to the local economy.
- A sawmill employing more than twenty people specializing in the frames and construction of country cottages.
- A butcher shop which also operates as a restaurant .
- A wine and liquor shop.
- A company specializing in outdoor party and reception equipment. http://www.alsace-receptions.fr
- A photographer.
[edit] The Church
Sts Peter and Paul, Durlinsdorf's historic Roman Catholic church, is built at the end of a rocky outcrop which dominates the village and the valley of Grumbach. Local tradition holds that the church is built on the site of an old Roman camp, and that the bell-tower is built on the remains of a Roman observation tower. During renovations in 1906 pieces of a massive foundation were found and quickly attributed to the Romans, though without legitimate archeological research. The current church is the second to occupy the site, the first having collapsed due to foundation shifting. The current bell-tower is thought to date to the 10th or 11th Century.
[edit] Wild Roses of Durlinsdorf - A Legend
When the Swedes devastated Sundgauin the year 1632, they also penetrated the village of Durlinsdorf and set fire to it. The inhabitants took refuge in the forests of the Jura and remained until the departure of the Swedes. When returning to their destroyed homes, they discovered an amazing sight: the deep depression in which Durlinsdorf nested was covered with wild roses which, since the town's destruction had invaded and entirely occupied the village. The peasants rebuilt Durlinsdorf but preserved some wild roses in their gardens. Even today you can find these roses around some older homes.
