Altenstadt (Wissembourg)
.svg)  Commune associée of Wissembourg |
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 1 '47 " N , 7 ° 58' 2" E |
| Residents | 762 (1968) |
| Incorporation | Jan. 1, 1975 |
| Code commune | 67007 |
| Post Code | 67160 |
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| maire délégué | Jean-Claude Huck |
Altenstadt is an Alsatian village. It was incorporated into the northwestern city of Wissembourg as Commune associée in 1975 .
geography
Altenstadt lies between the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve and the Lower Mundat Forest, immediately south of the border with Germany. The Wieslauter flows through the place.
The hamlets of Geitershof and Geisberg belong to Altenstadt.
history
In the Middle Ages Altenstadt and the surrounding villages belonged to the Weißenburger Mundat , the lands of the Weißenburg monastery . In 1521 half of the Altenstadt bailiwick came to the Electoral Palatinate .
Before the French Revolution, Altenstadt and Schweighofen belonged together. Altenstadt, Schweighofen, Schleithal , Oberseebach and the Schlettenbacher Tal formed the Altenstadt office at that time, which was jointly part of the Electoral Palatinate and the Weißenburg provost.
During the French Revolution , Altenstadt became part of the Bas-Rhin department .
When the boundary was drawn in the Second Peace of Paris in 1815, it belonged to the Kingdom of Bavaria and there to the Land Commissioner Bergzabern .
In the border between Bavaria and France Convention of 1825 Bayern came from the Old City to France.
On January 1, 1975, Altenstadt was incorporated into Wissembourg.
coat of arms
Blazon : a black horseshoe in silver . D'argent à un fer à cheval de salbe.
The horseshoe can be found on the church windows of the Church of St. Ulrich, as well as on boundary stones dating from 1790.
literature
- Wilfried Keil: The building history of the parish church Sankt Ulrich in Altenstadt in Alsace . In: INSITU 2019/1, pp. 5–22.
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ Timotheus Wilhelm Röhrich: History of the Reformation in Alsace . 3rd part. Strasbourg 1832
- ^ Jacques Baquol, P. Ristelhuber: L'Alsace ancienne et modern ou dictionnaire du Haut et du Bas-Rhin . 3. Edition. Strasbourg 1865
- ^ Johann Goswin Widder: Attempt of a complete geographical-historical description of the Kurfürstl. Palatinate on the Rhine . Part 2. Frankfurt and Leipzig 1786.
- ^ Histoire Altenstadt - website of the city of Wissembourg
- ^ Archives départementales du Bas-Rhin. L'armorial des communes du Bas-Rhin. Illkirch 1995.