Alteckendorf

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Alteckendorf
Alteckendorf coat of arms
Alteckendorf (France)
Alteckendorf
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Saverne
Canton Bouxwiller
Community association Pays de la Zorn
Coordinates 48 ° 48 '  N , 7 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 48 '  N , 7 ° 36'  E
height 167-265 m
surface 5.72 km 2
Residents 868 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 152 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67270
INSEE code

Alteckendorf is a French commune with 868 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the canton of Bouxwiller in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). On January 1, 2015, Alteckendorf moved from the Arrondissement Strasbourg-Campagne to the Arrondissement Saverne .

geography

The street village lies in the area of ​​the North Vosges and is therefore characterized by small elevations such as the Koppenberg (256 m above sea level), the English mountain ( 288 m above sea level) and the Schyrberg (250 m above sea level). surround. Historically, the place arose from two villages: Altdorf and Eckendorf .

history

As early as the late Middle Ages, close ecclesiastical and secular cooperation had developed in the administration of both villages. The official merger did not take place until 1777. (For the history of the two sub-villages, see there.)

Development of the population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2017
619 618 648 661 705 746 737 868

Attractions

Church in Altdorf
  • Saint Arbogast Lutheran Church with a 14th century fresco about Jesus of Nazareth .
  • The Lutheran church in Altdorf was rebuilt in 1775 including the choir tower of the previous church.
  • A fresco from 1776 on Rue principale depicts Baron Franz de Trenck.

Economy and Infrastructure

Alteckendorf has its own train station on the Mommenheim – Sarreguemines railway line of the SNCF and is connected to the transport network by side roads. The area outside the village center is mainly used for agriculture.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 495-496.

Web links

Commons : Alteckendorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/decret/2014/12/29/2014-1722/jo/texte
  2. ^ Alteckendorf, deux clochers, un village, Strasbourg . 1991, p. 224. ISBN 2-903297-45-2
  3. Kathrin Ellwardt: Lutherans between France and the Empire: Church buildings in the Alsatian offices of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg under Johann Reinhard III. and Louis IX. In: Neues Magazin für Hanauische Geschichte 2016, pp. 18–59 (44).