Lingolsheim

Lingolsheim (French pronunciation: [liŋ(ɡ)ɔlsaim] ⓘ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

A period of rapid modernisation ensued throughout the Strasbourg region, involving population growth, urbanisation and industrial expansion.

For Lingolsheim, a defining feature of this modernisation was the creation and rapid development of a large industrial tannery by Adler & Oppenheimer Aktiengesellschaft.

The local soil, rich in red and white sands, was intensively exploited during the closing years of the nineteenth century.

Lingolsheim was not much affected by the fighting in the First World War, but following the defeat of Germany the whole of Alsace found itself transferred back to France.