Altenheim

Altenheim Àltene
An old house in Altenheim
Coat of arms
Altenheim
Location within Grand Est region  Altenheim
Coordinates: 48°43′13″N 7°27′52″E / 48.7203°N 7.4644°E / 48.7203; 7.4644Coordinates: 48°43′13″N 7°27′52″E / 48.7203°N 7.4644°E / 48.7203; 7.4644
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Saverne
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Mickaël Vollmar
Area1	2.71 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	222
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	67006 / 67490
Elevation	187–254 m (614–833 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Altenheim is a French commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Altenheimois or Altenheimoises^[1]

Geography

Altenheim is located some 10 km east by south-east of Saverne and 30 km north-west of Strasbourg. It can be accessed from five directions: from Furchhausen in the west by road D230, from Dettwiller in the north by road D112, from Littenheim in the east by road D151, from Saessolsheim in the south-east by road D230, and from Wolschheim in the south by road D112. All these roads intersect in the village. The commune consists entirely of farmland other than the village. The only waterway in the commune is the Drusenbach crossing the south-western corner and two small tributaries of this stream in the north of the commune.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

	Waldolwisheim	Dettwiller	Lupstein
	Furchhausen		Littenheim
		Altenheim
	Lochwiller	Wolschheim	Saessolsheim

History

On 21 January 1945, an American B-17 bomber,the "Princess Pat" was hit by flak returning from a mission to Heilbronn and landed on its belly near the D230 road between Altenheim and Furchhausen.

Heraldry

Blazon: Azure, a dove argent, in its beak a laurel branch Vert, perched on a hill of three hillocks the same in pile.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors of Altenheim^[3]

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009, the commune had 226 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Altenheim War Memorial

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a large number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A House (4) (1837)^[4]
• A House (5)^[5]
• A House (7) (1825)^[6]
• A House (8)^[7]
• A House (11) (1716)^[8]
• A House (24) (1716)^[9]
• A House (33) (1732)^[10]
• A House (43) (1716)^[11]
• A Napoleanic Banc-Reposoir (1854)^[12]
• The Village (Prehistory to 8th century)^[13]
• Houses (18th-19th century)^[14]

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 (1698)^[15]
• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 / R.D. 151 (1824)^[16]
• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 (north) (19th century)^[17]
• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 (south) (1870)^[18]
• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 230 (1692)^[19]
• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 230 (1742)^[20]
• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 230 (1698)^[21]
• The Chapel of la-Fête-Dieu (19th century)^[22]
• The Church of Saint Lambert (18th century).^[23] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Funeral Monument of Marie-rose Schmitt and family (1829)^[24]
  • A Funeral Monument of Maria Diss and Jean-Michel Klein (1824)^[25]
  • A Funeral Monument of Marie-Odile Debs (1837)^[26]
  • A Funeral Monument (19th century)^[27]
  • A Chalice with Paten (19th century)^[28]
  • A Statue: Saint Lambert (18th century)^[29]
  • A Neo-Gothic Chalice (19th century)^[30]
  • A Cross: Christ on the Cross^[31]
  • 2 Confessionals (18th century)^[32]
  • A Baptismal font (1690)^[33]
  • A Tabernacle (18th century)^[34]
• A Monumental Cross (1861)^[35]
• A Cemetery Cross (1882)^[36]

Altenheim Picture Gallery

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  A street in Altenheim

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  The Church of Saint Lambert

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  Christ on the Cross

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  Stained Glass

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  Stained Glass

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  Stained Glass

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  Statue of Saint Lambert

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  The Monumental Cross

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  The Chapel of la-Fête-Dieu

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

External links

• Altenheim on the old IGN website (French)
• Altenheim on Lion1906
• Altenheim on Google Maps
• Altenheim on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Altenheim on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Altenheim on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. ↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

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