Kunheim

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Kunheim
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Ensisheim
Community association	Pays Rhin-Brisach
Coordinates	48 ° 5 '  N , 7 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 5 '  N , 7 ° 32'  E
height	181-190 m
surface	11.75 km 2
Residents	1,763 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	150 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68320
INSEE code	68172
Website	http://www.kunheim.fr/
Mairie Kunheim

Kunheim ( els. Küene IPA : [kyə̯nə] dt. Kuenheim ) is a French commune in the Rhone-Rhine Canal with 1,763 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Haut-Rhin in the region Grand Est (2015 Alsace ) .

history

The first known mentions come from a deed of donation from the year 998 and from the chronicle of Ebersmünster from the 13th century. In 1766 the place was relocated by one kilometer due to the repeated flooding of the meandering Rhine . 32 families were affected, making an estimated 200 people in total. The surrounding villages provided men and carts to help with the resettlement.

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Kunheim 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 .

At the beginning of the Second World War , most of the village population was evacuated to Casteljaloux in the Lot-et-Garonne department . Sixty years later, in June 1999, this event was the reason for the establishment of an official community partnership between the two communities. At the beginning of the German campaign in France on June 16, 1940, the place was under heavy German artillery fire, also after the liberation of the place from Nazi rule on February 2, 1945 by American troops.

Today Kunheim is a member of the Pays Rhin-Brisach community association .

Population development

year	1910	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2014
Residents	600	600	752	1035	1179	1313	1569	1742	1777
Source: Municipal directory, Cassini and INSEE

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 118-120.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1910: Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Colmar district ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.