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Lingolsheim () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. INSEE commune file The town lies near Strasbourg.
It lies on the small rivers Bruche and Ill.
For Lingolsheim, a defining feature of this modernisation was the creation and rapid development of a large industrial tannery by Adler & Oppenheimer Aktiengesellschaft. By 1914 the business employed 2,000 and leather dominated the town's economy.
These years also saw the establishment of a major Sand industry. The local soil, rich in red and white sands, was intensively exploited during the closing years of the nineteenth century.
The Second World War was more damaging. Immediately before the German invasion of 1940, the town's tanneries were evacuated to Rennes where they remained until after the war. In the autumn of 1940 Lingolsheim was incorporated into "Großstraßburg". The buildings that had housed the tanneries were converted into a large workshop dedicated to repairing . During this war Lingolsheim was subjected to several bombardments.
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