Baltzenheim
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Haut-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
Canton | Ensisheim | |
Community association | Pays Rhin-Brisach | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 6 ' N , 7 ° 33' E | |
height | 180-186 m | |
surface | 6.52 km 2 | |
Residents | 574 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 88 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 68320 | |
INSEE code | 68019 |
Baltzenheim (German Balzenheim , dialect "Balze") is a French commune with 574 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace). It belongs to the canton of Ensisheim and the Pays Rhin-Brisach municipal association .
geography
Baltzenheim is 1.5 km west of the Rhine , which forms the border between France and the Federal Republic of Germany . The Rhine canal runs parallel to the natural stream . There is a weir to the northeast of Baltzenheim .
history
In the year 786 a settlement on the ground of the city was mentioned for the first time, in 847 it received the name Baldofesheim .
The Thirty Years War destroyed a large part of the population, so that in 1636 only six people lived in the village.
Around 1720, the place repeatedly fell victim to the Rhine , which often led to floods until it was dammed in the 19th century. A former arm of the Rhine , the Rhin de Biesheim or Le Giessen , runs immediately east of Baltzenheim. From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Baltzenheim 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 | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
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Residents | 268 | 201 | 204 | 245 | 318 | 458 | 495 | 574 | 583 |
Source: Municipal directory, Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Michel church with Romanesque tower ( Monument historique )
Mairie Baltzenheim
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 95-97.
Web links
- Baltzenheim on paysdebrisach.fr (French)