Huningue

Huningue (French; German:Hüningen) is the name of both a canton and a commune in Alsace, France.

Part of the Haut-Rhin "département", Huningue's INSEE code is 68149 and its postal code is 68330. Its 1999 population was 6,097. The mayor is M. René Moebel, whose term began in 2001 and ends in 2007.

Geography

Huningue is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, and is an ancient place which grew up around a stronghold placed to guard the passage of the river.

History

Huningue was wrested from the Holy Roman Empire by the duke of Lauenburg in 1634, and subsequently passed by purchase to Louis XIV. It was fortified by Vauban (1679-1681) and a bridge was built across the Rhine. The fortress capitulated to the Austrians on the August 26, 1815 and the works were shortly afterwards dismantled.

In 1871, the town passed, with Alsace-Lorraine, to the German Empire. Alsace-Lorraine returned to France after the First World War, was retaken by Germany in 1940, and finally returned to France once again in 1945.

External links

Huningue's official website: http://www.ville-huningue.fr/
Abandoned factory in Huningue: http://www.photo-vinc.com/Galleries/Various/Abandoned%20Factory/slides.html

References

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*Tschamber, Geschichte der Stadt und ehemaligen Festung Hüningen (St Ludwig, 1894)
*Latruffe, Huningue et Bale devant les traits de i8i~ (Paris, 1863)