La Wantzenau
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Strasbourg | |
| Canton | Brumath | |
| Community association | Eurométropole de Strasbourg | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 39 ′ N , 7 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 128-135 m | |
| surface | 25.39 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,841 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 230 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67610 | |
| INSEE code | 67519 | |
| Website | www.la-wantzenau.fr | |
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La Wantzenau ( German Wanzenau , Alsatian "Wonzenöü") is a French commune with 5841 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
geography
The community is located around ten kilometers north of Strasbourg in the Petit Ried . It is crossed by the Strasbourg-Lauterbourg railway line . In the east it borders on the Rhine and is therefore in the border area with Germany. The Ill flows through the idyllic village with numerous half-timbered houses and flowed into the Rhine not far from it opposite Diersheim until the 1970s (until the Gambsheim barrage was built) . There are large natural recreation areas in the La Wantzenau district. Ried landscapes alternate with alluvial forests. Especially at the weekend, many Strasbourgers are drawn to this neighboring town, which explains the high density of inns.
Neighboring French communities are Hœrdt , Kilstett , Gambsheim , Reichstett , Vendenheim and Strasbourg .
Toponymy
According to a speculative theory, the original meaning of the name Wantzenau should have been Au des Wendelin . Wendelin is a saint of the Catholic Church to whom a pilgrimage chapel is consecrated in Hochfelden . The name is said to have developed through a similarity ( paronymy ) between the German word Wanze and the name "Wendelin".
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2013 |
| Residents | 3016 | 3726 | 4216 | 4084 | 4394 | 5462 | 5859 | 5732 |
economy
In 1882, the first Raiffeisen bank in what is now France (now Crédit Mutuel ) was founded here.
Attractions
La Wantzenau's medieval history is closely linked to that of today's German neighboring town of Honau . The Irish monks on the Hohen Au, then a Rhine island, founded the Honau Monastery as part of the Alemannic Christianization and built chapels in the vicinity, for example in the 13th century in Diersheim and in the middle of the 15th century in La Wantzenau. Around the year 1469, La Wantzenau became an independent parish. The church, once consecrated to St. Michael like the Honau monastery church, has been named after St. Wendelin since the 18th century. The current church building dates from the 19th century.
The MM Park France military museum, which opened in 2017, is located in the industrial park .
Community partnerships
The partner municipality of La Wantzenaus is the municipality of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche in the Limousin region , now Nouvelle-Aquitaine , the place where the residents of La Wantzenau were evacuated from 1939–1940.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 296-299.
Personalities
- Heinz Autenrieth (1906–1984), lawyer, from 1960 to 1966 President of the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg
- Max Pfannenstiel (1902–1976), geologist, paleontologist and librarian. Professor at the University of Freiburg
Individual evidence
- ^ Michel Paul Urban, Lieux-Dits, Dictionnaire étymologique et historique des noms de lieux en Alsace. Page 300.
