Andolsheim

Andolsheim
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Colmar-2
Community association	Colmar agglomeration
Coordinates	48 ° 4 ′ N , 7 ° 25 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 4 ′ N , 7 ° 25 ′ E
height	185-192 m
surface	11.60 km 2
Residents	2,162 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	186 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68280
INSEE code	68007
Website	http://www.andolsheim.fr/
	; Mairie Andolsheim

Andolsheim is a French commune with 2162 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).

geography

Andolsheim lies between the Ill in the west, the D415 in the east, Sundhoffen in the south and the hamlet Wihr-en-Plaine, which belongs to Horbourg-Wihr , in the north, five kilometers southeast of Colmar .

history

Andolsheim was first mentioned in a document as Ansulfishaim (Andulfs Heim) in 768. The place names on -heim became fashionable from the 6th century, they are testimony to the Franconian conquest of the land.

Until 1324 the place was a fiefdom of the Seigneurs of Horbourg, then Horbourg, and with it Andolsheim, fell to the Counts of Württemberg , who introduced the Reformation in 1538 .

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Andolsheim belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Colmar district in the Upper Alsace district .

Population development

year	1793	1851	1910	1946	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2005	2017
Residents	1881	1854	730	645	751	871	1088	1091	1565	1985	2227	2162
Source: Municipal directory, Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

An original church in Andolsheim was first mentioned in a document in 801, at that time it was consecrated to Saint Denis . With the introduction of the Reformation, the patron saint of the church was forgotten. From 1687 to 1883 the church was used as a simultaneous church and was consecrated to Saint Georges . Of the medieval building, only the bell tower and the choir from the 13th century remain today . The nave was rebuilt around 1650 . The west portal was set up in 1737 and the west facade was renewed in 1838. In 1985 the interior of the church was renovated, which today belongs to the parish of Sundhoffen. The church organ was constructed by Martin Bergäntzel around 1780. In 1958 the organ was restored and renewed from 1979 to 1980.

The Saint-Georges Catholic Church was built from 1882 to 1883 and ended the Catholic use of the other Saint-Georges Church. The interior of the church was not finished until 1890. This church was also renovated in 1985. It belongs to the parish of Horbourg-Wihr.

At the Mairie (mayor's office) there is a boundary stone from 1754 on which the coat of arms of the dukes of Württemberg is depicted.

economy

Important occupations of the Andolsheimois are agriculture , viticulture , fruit growing and the breeding of domestic cattle, domestic sheep and domestic pigs.