Kuttolsheim

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Kuttolsheim
Coat of arms of Kuttolsheim
Kuttolsheim (France)
Kuttolsheim
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Saverne
Canton Bouxwiller
Community association Kochersberg
Coordinates 48 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 31 ′  E
height 166-365 m
surface 4.59 km 2
Residents 622 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 136 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67520
INSEE code 67253

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Kuttolsheim (German: Küttolsheim ) is a French commune with 622 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It is a former imperial village and lies on the edge of the Kochersberg plateau in the Souffeltal and is surrounded by the communities of Fessenheim-le-Bas , Nordheim and Wintzenheim-Kochersberg . On January 1, 2015, the municipality in Alsace moved from the Arrondissement Strasbourg-Campagne to the Arrondissement Saverne .

history

Kuttolsheim is located on the former Roman road that led from Strasbourg to Saverne and is still used today in part as a departmental road.

Kuttolsheim was an imperial village .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 390 413 452 479 599 631 645 622

Attractions

  • Sainte-Barbe Chapel : classified as a monument historique ; the tower was built in the 13th century near a source of sulfur water, probably on the site of an older sanctuary. The ship dates from the 17th century.
  • Sulfur lake : known since the Roman era, its water was then directed to Strasbourg. The lake is a small natural pool of water at the heel of the Souffel spring . The output of the underground spring reaches 17 liters per second, its temperature (around 12–13 ° C) is constant and consequently the lake never freezes. Because of its sulfur content , the water was used in thermal baths from Roman times until the 1950s to soothe skin diseases. The lake also served as a horse washing place (as: Rosschwemm ): a mild slope enabled the animals to get into the water without any problems.
  • Church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur : the choir tower, built by the architect Bernach in the 12th century, is classified as a monument historique . The choir and nave were rebuilt in 1865 after a fire.
  • Buddhist temple: Since 1978 Kuttolsheim has been one of the four places in Alsace where there is a Buddhist center. As it is the European Institute for Tibetan Buddhism , the Dalai Lama has been there several times.

  • Sainte-Barbe chapel and sulfur lake

  • Saint-Jacques-le-majeur church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1445-1447.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/decret/2014/12/29/2014-1722/jo/texte
  2. ↑ Pictures are available on the institute's official website (also in German).

Web links

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