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Rouffach (French pronunciation: [ʁufak] (listen); German and Alsatian: Rufach) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Rouffach
Commune
The church in Rouffach
Location of Rouffach
Rouffach
Rouffach
Coordinates: 47°57′30″N 7°17′54″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
ArrondissementThann-Guebwiller
CantonWintzenheim
IntercommunalityPays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jean-Pierre Toucas[1]
Area
1
40.05 km2 (15.46 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
4,302
  Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
68287 /68250
Elevation195–980 m (640–3,215 ft)
(avg. 210 m or 690 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rouffach lies along the Alsatian wine route (Route des Vins d'Alsace). Its vineyards produce one of the finest Alsatian wines: the Grand Cru Vorbourg [fr].


Geography


Rouffach is situated on the Lauch River, 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Colmar and 28 km (17 mi) north of Mulhouse, on the vineyards of the eastern foothills of the Vosges Mountains. The most important transportation routes between the towns are the N83 (LyonStrasbourg) and the railway line Strasbourg-Mulhouse-Basel.


Climate


Rouffach has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Rouffach is 11.2 °C (52.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 629.0 mm (24.76 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.3 °C (68.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.9 °C (35.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Rouffach was 39.3 °C (102.7 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.5 °C (0.5 °F) on 13 January 1987.

Climate data for Rouffach (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1986−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 18.8
(65.8)
21.5
(70.7)
26.2
(79.2)
29.5
(85.1)
34.0
(93.2)
37.7
(99.9)
38.0
(100.4)
39.3
(102.7)
33.5
(92.3)
29.1
(84.4)
23.1
(73.6)
17.2
(63.0)
39.3
(102.7)
Average high °C (°F) 4.6
(40.3)
6.9
(44.4)
11.2
(52.2)
15.8
(60.4)
20.1
(68.2)
23.5
(74.3)
25.6
(78.1)
25.3
(77.5)
20.7
(69.3)
15.4
(59.7)
9.1
(48.4)
5.2
(41.4)
15.3
(59.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 1.9
(35.4)
3.5
(38.3)
7.1
(44.8)
11.0
(51.8)
15.2
(59.4)
18.4
(65.1)
20.3
(68.5)
19.9
(67.8)
15.9
(60.6)
11.4
(52.5)
6.2
(43.2)
2.7
(36.9)
11.2
(52.2)
Average low °C (°F) −0.8
(30.6)
0.1
(32.2)
3.0
(37.4)
6.2
(43.2)
10.3
(50.5)
13.3
(55.9)
15.0
(59.0)
14.6
(58.3)
11.0
(51.8)
7.5
(45.5)
3.2
(37.8)
0.1
(32.2)
7.0
(44.6)
Record low °C (°F) −17.5
(0.5)
−14.7
(5.5)
−12.5
(9.5)
−3.5
(25.7)
0.2
(32.4)
4.2
(39.6)
7.4
(45.3)
6.0
(42.8)
2.0
(35.6)
−4.4
(24.1)
−10.2
(13.6)
−17.0
(1.4)
−17.5
(0.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 35.6
(1.40)
30.5
(1.20)
37.6
(1.48)
40.8
(1.61)
76.0
(2.99)
63.2
(2.49)
67.8
(2.67)
69.8
(2.75)
55.7
(2.19)
62.4
(2.46)
42.6
(1.68)
47.0
(1.85)
629.0
(24.76)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 6.9 7.6 7.7 8.5 11.3 9.8 9.7 10.2 7.7 9.7 8.4 8.7 105.9
Source: Météo France[3]

Etymology


in pago qui vocatur Rubiaco (charter, 662), Rubiacum 12th century, Rufiacum 13th century. In records of the diocese of Strasbourg it is called Upper Mundat.

The name derives from the Gallo-Roman male's name Rubbius or Rubius ending with Celtic suffix -āko > -acum (cf. Welsh -og).

Similar place-names in France : Royat (Rubiacum 1147), Robiac (Robiaco 1119).


History


View of Rouffach & Isenburg according to Frans Hogenberg (about 1570)
View of Rouffach & Isenburg according to Frans Hogenberg (about 1570)

In the 5th century, the walled village (oppidum) beneath the stronghold of Isenburg was a residence of the Merovingian kings. According to pious legend[4] recorded in the chronicle of Ebersmunster, the son of King Dagobert II gave the city to Arbogast, bishop of Strasbourg, in the 7th century, after the bishop had re-awakened his son Sigebert from death in a hunting incident.[5] More certainly the fief was one of the most ancient belonging to Strasbourg.[6] It finally became the main town of an episocopal fief, which also included Eguisheim. The city quickly developed and a wall was built around it.

The golden age ended abruptly with the Thirty Years' War, when the town was devastated by the Swedes. Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria held court in the city when he was in Alsace.[7] At the end of the war, when Alsace was conquered by France, the fief was abolished. The city again achieved prosperity, chiefly due to wine growing and the production of kirsch from the cherry orchards connected with the chateau, and because it was spared during the following wars.

During the time of Nazi annexation, a Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt (National Political Institute of Education, NEPA, popularly known as Napola) was housed in a former sanatorium of the city (as of October 1940).

A light tank of the 12th
Armored Division in Rouffach, 5 Feb. 1945
A light tank of the 12th Armored Division in Rouffach, 5 Feb. 1945

Sightseeing


South side of Notre Dame
South side of Notre Dame
Witch tower with stork's nest
Witch tower with stork's nest
Isenbourg castle
Isenbourg castle

Rouffach is a station on the Romanesque Route of Alsace (Route Romane d'Alsace).


Partner towns


Since 1964, Rouffach has been a partner of the German city of Bönnigheim in Baden-Württemberg.


Notable people


Born in Rouffach:

Resident in Rouffach:


See also



References


  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. "Climate of Rouffach 1981-2010" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  4. "Un doute est permis sur la légende" (Grad, 1888.)
  5. Noted in Charles Grad, "A travers l'Alsace et le Lorraine", Le Tour du monde: nouveau journal des voyages, 55 1888:285.
  6. Grad, 1888.
  7. Helfferich, Tryntje, The Thirty Years War: A Documentary History (Cambridge, 2009), p. 290.



На других языках


[de] Rouffach

Rouffach (deutsch Rufach, elsässisch Ruffàch) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 4302 Einwohnern (1. Januar 2019) im Département Haut-Rhin in der Region Grand Est (bis 2015 Elsass). Der Ort gehört zum Arrondissement Thann-Guebwiller sowie zum Kanton Wintzenheim und ist Sitz des Gemeindeverbandes Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux.
- [en] Rouffach

[es] Rouffach

Rouffach es una localidad y comuna francesa, situada en el departamento de Alto Rin, en la región de Alsacia.

[ru] Руффак

Руффа́к (фр. Rouffach) — коммуна на северо-востоке Франции в регионе Гранд-Эст[1] (бывший Эльзас — Шампань — Арденны — Лотарингия), департамент Верхний Рейн, округ Тан — Гебвиллер, кантон Винтсенайм[2]. До марта 2015 года коммуна являлась административным центром одноимённого упразднённого кантона (округ Гебвиллер).



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