Uffheim
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Mulhouse | |
| Canton | Brunstatt | |
| Community association | Saint-Louis agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 39 ′ N , 7 ° 27 ′ E | |
| height | 261-319 m | |
| surface | 4.36 km 2 | |
| Residents | 885 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 203 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68510 | |
| INSEE code | 68341 | |
 Local government (Mairie) |
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Uffheim is a French commune with 885 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Mulhouse , the canton of Brunstatt and the municipality of Saint-Louis Agglomération .
geography
Uffheim is about halfway between Mulhouse and Basel and about one and a half kilometers southwest of Sierentz . The municipal area covers 436 hectares and is 270 to 319 meters above sea level. Three brooks flow in parallel from west to east through the municipality: the Sauruntz , the Muehlbach and the Eschenbachgraben .
history
Uffheim was first mentioned in writing in 916 in connection with a donation to the Einsiedeln monastery . The area around Uffheim and Sierentz was already settled during the Bronze Age, which excavations have confirmed.
The village was subordinate to the Vogtei in Landser , later to the Habsburgs until 1648 , ecclesiastically it belonged to the St. Alban Monastery in Basel .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 552 | 573 | 585 | 658 | 767 | 860 | 859 | 885 |
Attractions
The current church was built in 1829 in place of a chapel that was made a parish church in 1782.
Personalities
The painter Sebastian Gutzwiller (1798–1872) comes from Uffheim.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 1163-1166.
Web links
- Uffheim on pays-sierentz.fr (French)