Eichhoffen

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Eichhoffen
Eichhoffen coat of arms
Eichhoffen (France)
Eichhoffen
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein
Canton Obernai
Community association Pays de Barr
Coordinates 48 ° 23 '  N , 7 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '  N , 7 ° 27'  E
height 192-278 m
surface 2.30 km 2
Residents 527 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 229 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67140
INSEE code
Website http://www.eichhoffen.fr/

Half-timbered house from 1723, today a winery

Eichhoffen (German Eichhofen or Eichhofen im Alsace ) is a French commune with 527 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein and the Canton of Obernai .

geography

The municipality is located at 207 meters above sea level, about 13 kilometers north of Sélestat and 26 kilometers southwest of Strasbourg . The Ill tributary Andlau enters the Upper Rhine Plain from the last foothills of the Vosges (Muenchberg) .

history

The first mentions of a settlement at the same location are from the year 980.

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

Population development

year 1910 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2012
Residents 361 303 358 460 419 393 425 511 558

Attractions

The Saint Jean-Baptiste chapel was first mentioned in a document in 1052. In 1569 it was rebuilt.

economy

More than two thirds of the municipality are made up of grapevines. In addition to tourism, viticulture is the most important line of business in Eichhoffen.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 59-60.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 - Schlettstadt district