Furdenheim

Furdenheim
region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Bouxwiller
Community association	Kochersberg
Coordinates	48 ° 37 ′ N , 7 ° 34 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 37 ′ N , 7 ° 34 ′ E
height	167-225 m
surface	5.81 km 2
Residents	1,315 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	226 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	67117
INSEE code	67150
	; Mairie Furdenheim

Furdenheim ( German Fürdenheim ) is a French commune with 1,315 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). On January 1, 2015, the municipality moved from the Arrondissement Strasbourg-Campagne to the Arrondissement Saverne .

geography

Furdenheim is on the D30 between Quatzenheim in the northeast and Ergersheim in the southwest and on the D1004 between Marlenheim in the west and Handschuheim in the east, 14 kilometers northwest of Strasbourg in arable land, part of the Kochersberg region.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2012	2014
Residents	580	602	656	708	747	1.006	1,144	1,278	1,324

Attractions

Furdenheim Protestant Church

The old cemetery at the Protestant church was closed in 1860, in the same year the land was bought for the new cemetery, the first graves of which date from 1864. The wall of the enclosure was completed in 1867. The original church in Furdenheim was built in the 13th century and consecrated to St. Nicholas of Myra . Only the bell tower with the choir remains of this original church . Around 1575 the parish became Protestant. The nave was destroyed in 1820 and rebuilt in 1822. A small window from the 13th century was built into a neighboring house. The pastorate was closed during the French Revolution (1789–1799) and converted into a school. Meanwhile, the pastor lived with private individuals. Today's pastorate was built in 1912.

In 1846 a new school was built, which was inaugurated in 1848, and the Mairie (mayor's office) is also housed in the building.