Guevenatten

Guevenatten
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Altkirch
Canton	Masevaux
Community association	Sud Alsace Largue
Coordinates	47 ° 41 ′  N , 7 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′  N , 7 ° 5 ′  E
height	305-371 m
surface	2.15 km 2
Residents	140 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	65 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68210
INSEE code	68114
Website	http://www.guevenatten.fr/
Mairie and Elementary School

Guevenatten (German Gevenatten ) is a French commune with 140 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ) and is a member of the Sud Alsace Largue community association .

geography

Guevenatten is located in the Sundgau , six kilometers northwest of Dannemarie . The Traubach and Soultzbach rivers flow through the municipality, both are left tributaries of the Largue . The community area is 215 hectares, of which 87.2% is used for agriculture. The wooded area amounts to a total of 58 hectares, of which 35 hectares are community forest.

history

Chapel of St. Apollonia

The name Guevenatten comes from the late Latin capanna , which means hut, therefore the coat of arms of Guevenatten contains three golden huts.

In 1413 the community was mentioned as Keuonet , in 1480 as Geffenat .

Until the Peace of Westphalia , Guevenatten belonged to the Seigneurie von Thann and to the county of Pfirt . The place was a fiefdom of the Reinach Hirtzbach family until the 17th century . On October 6, 1832, about twenty houses and their stables and barns burned down. The fire spread so quickly that the residents were unable to save their belongings. In 1865 there was a wheat mill on site.

In 1892 the existing dilapidated chapel was rebuilt and enlarged. It is dedicated to Saint Apollonia .

Population development

year	1910	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	176	92	102	98	88	110	144	135	140

economy

An important source of income is the agriculture . In 1943 the last clog maker finished his work and in 1971 the blacksmith stopped his work. Today there are two farms, a real estate agent and two hostels in the village.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 312-311.

Web links

Commons : Guevenatten  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fritz Langerbeck: On the survival of pre-Germanic toponymy in German-speaking Alsace . 1967, I, p. 42.
2. ^ Jacques Baquol: L'Alsace ancienne et moderne, ou dictionnaire topographique, historique et statistique du Haut et du Bas-Rhin. 3. édition, entièrement refondu par Paul Ristelhuber. Salomon, Strasbourg 1865, p. 160, in Google Books , (French).