Asswiller

Geography

Asswiller is in the Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park some 27 km south-east of Sarralbe and 38 km south-west of Bitche. Access to the commune is by the D9 road from Durstel in the north-west, passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing south-east to Petersbach. The D309 road goes south-west from the village to Drulingen. There is a large forest in the west with strips of forest along the borders with the remainder of the commune's farmland.

The forms the south-western boundary of the commune as it flows west to eventually join the Sarre west of Wolfskirchen. The Ottwillergraben forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Eichel at Tieffenbach.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

• 718: Asco vilare
• 1793: Asveiller
• 1801: Asswiler

In German the commune name is Aßweiler.

History

Asswiller was a small lordship dependent on the Counts of La Petite-Pierre. When the count palatine of Bavaria, Georg Johann I of Bavaria, took possession of the county, he granted Asswiller as a hereditary fief to the Dalheim family (1588), who were soon succeeded by the Steinkallenfels family: senior officials of the palatine counts. These Protestant lords introduced the Reformation and remained in Asswiller from the 16th century to 1819. In 1789 Asswiller belonged to the Lord of Carbiston who had acquired it in 1771 by marriage with the heiress of the Steincallenfels family.

After the French Revolution Asswiller was attached to France in 1793 by decree of the National Convention, which overrode the rights of princes holding possessions.

Heraldry

Blazon:

Party per fesse, first of Vert a lion passant guardant of Argent, second of Or.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Asswillerois or Asswilleroises in French.

|1793 |326 |1800 |286 |1806 |323 |1821 |411 |1831 |442 |1836 |411 |1841 |403 |1846 |402 |1851 |393 |1856 |353 |1861 |360 |1866 |345 |1871 |351 |1875 |344 |1880 |322 |1885 |316 |1890 |309 |1895 |319 |1900 |335 |1905 |344 |1910 |352 |1921 |294 |1926 |276 |1931 |281 |1936 |260 |1946 |251 |1954 |225 |1962 |223 |1968 |238 |1975 |225 |1982 |218 |1990 |215 |1999 |230 |2007 |269 |2012 |292 |2017 |276

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

Many buildings and structures in Asswiller are registered as historical monuments:

• A Farmhouse at 2 Rue du Cimetière (1775)
• A Chateau at 6 Rue de Drulingen (13th century)
• The Town Hall/School at 10 Rue de Durstel (19th century)
• A Farmhouse at 18 Rue de Durstel (20th century)
• A Courthouse at 2 Rue de Durstel (1733)
• A Farmhouse at 26 Rue de Durstel (1861)
• A Farmhouse at 5 Rue de Durstel (19th century)
• A Farmhouse at 5 Bis Rue de Durstel (1761)
• A Farmhouse at 14 Rue de Petersbach (1803)
• A Farmhouse at 8 Rue de Petersbach (18th century)
• A '*Mill called *Jaegermuhle''''' (1833)

Religious heritage

Several religious buildings and structures are registered as historical monuments:

• A Cemetery at Rue du Cimetière (19th century)
• A Protestant Church at Rue de Durstel (1776)
• A Protestant Presbytery at 4 Rue de Durstel (18th century)
• A Lutheran Church at Rue de l'Eglise (1724)

The Cemetery contains two items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Rauscher family tomb (1924)
• 3 Sculptures

The Lutheran Church contains two items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Furniture in the church
• The Organ (1864)

Gallery of Historical Monuments

File:Asswiller Farmhouse at 18 Rue de Durstel.JPG|The Farmhouse at 18 Rue de Durstel File:Asswiller Courthouse at 2 Rue de Durstel.JPG|The old Courthouse at 2 Rue de Durstel File:Asswiller Old House.JPG|An old house in Asswiller File:Asswiller Cemetery.JPG|Asswiller Cemetery File:Asswiller Rauscher Family Tomb.JPG|The Rauscher Family Tomb File:Asswiller Church.JPG|The Protestant Church

References

References

1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
2. [http://www.cnvvf.fr/les_villes_et_villages_fleuris-47.html Asswiller in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom] {{webarchive. link. (June 26, 2015 {{in lang). fr
3. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Asswiller/@48.876028,7.2326184,5964m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x4794236c43bf5223:0x40a5fb99a396130?hl=en Google Maps]
4. [http://wiki-protestants.org Protestants], [http://wiki-protestants.org/wiki/Durstel,_paroisse_luth%C3%A9rienne Durstel, Lutheran parish]
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6. [https://www.habitants.fr/bas-rhin-67 Le nom des habitants du 67 - Bas-Rhin], habitants.fr
7. {{Cassini-Ehess. 1546. Asswiller
8. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-67013#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005492. IA67005492 Farmhouse {{in lang. fr
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005490. IA67005490 Chateau {{in lang. fr
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005488. IA67005488 Town Hall/School {{in lang. fr
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005500. IA67005500 Farmhouse {{in lang. fr
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005489. IA67005489 Courthouse {{in lang. fr
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005495. IA67005495 Farmhouse {{in lang. fr
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005493. IA67005493 Farmhouse {{in lang. fr
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005494. IA67005494 Farmhouse {{in lang. fr
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005497. IA67005497 Farmhouse {{in lang. fr
18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005496. IA67005496 Farmhouse {{in lang. fr
19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005499. IA67005499 Mill called Jaegermuhle {{in lang. fr
20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005498. IA67005498 Cemetery {{in lang. fr
21. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005487. IA67005487 Protestant Church {{in lang. fr
22. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005491. IA67005491 Protestant Presbytery {{in lang. fr
23. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA67005486. IA67005486 Lutheran Church {{in lang. fr
24. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM67009318. IM67009318 Rauscher family tomb {{in lang. fr
25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM67009317. IM67009317 3 Sculptures in the Cemetery {{in lang. fr
26. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM67009316. IM67009316 Furniture in the Lutheran Church {{in lang. fr
27. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM67009315. IM67009315 Organ in the Lutheran Church {{in lang. fr