Altenheim

Altenheim Àltene
An old house in Altenheim
Coat of arms
Altenheim
Location within Alsace region  Altenheim
Coordinates: 48°43′13″N 7°27′52″E / 48.7203°N 7.4644°ECoordinates: 48°43′13″N 7°27′52″E / 48.7203°N 7.4644°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Saverne
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Mickaël Vollmar
Area^1	2.71 km^2 (1.05 sq mi)
Population (2010)^2	222
• Density	82/km^2 (210/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67006 / 67490
Elevation	187–254 m (614–833 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Altenheim is a French commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine region of north-eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Altenheimois or Altenheimoises^[1]

Geography

Altenheim is located some 10 km east by south-east of Saverne and 30 km north-west of Strasbourg. It can be accessed from five directions: from Furchhausen in the west by road D230, from Dettwiller in the north by road D112, from Littenheim in the east by road D151, from Saessolsheim in the south-east by road D230, and from Wolschheim in the south by road D112. All these roads intersect in the village. The commune consists entirely of farmland other than the village. The only waterway in the commune is the Drusenbach crossing the south-western corner and two small tributaries of this stream in the north of the commune.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

History

On 21 January 1945, an American B-17 bomber,the "Princess Pat" was hit by flak returning from a mission to Heilbronn and landed on its belly near the D230 road between Altenheim and Furchhausen.

Heraldry

Blazon: Azure, a dove argent, in its beak a laurel branch Vert, perched on a hill of three hillocks the same in pile.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors of Altenheim^[3]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	Jean-Claude Hollner
2014	2020	Mickaël Vollmar

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009, the commune had 226 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
228	277	309	349	369	370	377	342	346

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
307	287	297	289	297	315	325	316	319

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
296	324	302	265	269	278	293	262	237

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2009	2010	-
224	215	209	226	210	215	226		-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Altenheim War Memorial

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a large number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A House (4) (1837)^[4]
• A House (5)^[5]
• A House (7) (1825)^[6]
• A House (8)^[7]
• A House (11) (1716)^[8]
• A House (24) (1716)^[9]
• A House (33) (1732)^[10]
• A House (43) (1716)^[11]
• A Napoleanic Banc-Reposoir (1854)^[12]
• The Village (Prehistory to 8th century)^[13]
• Houses (18th-19th century)^[14]

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 (1698)^[15]
• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 / R.D. 151 (1824)^[16]
• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 (north) (19th century)^[17]
• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 (south) (1870)^[18]
• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 230 (1692)^[19]
• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 230 (1742)^[20]
• A Wayside Cross at R.D. 230 (1698)^[21]
• The Chapel of la-Fête-Dieu (19th century)^[22]
• The Church of Saint Lambert (18th century).^[23] The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Funeral Monument of Marie-rose Schmitt and family (1829)^[24]
  • A Funeral Monument of Maria Diss and Jean-Michel Klein (1824)^[25]
  • A Funeral Monument of Marie-Odile Debs (1837)^[26]
  • A Funeral Monument (19th century)^[27]
  • A Chalice with Paten (19th century)^[28]
  • A Statue: Saint Lambert (18th century)^[29]
  • A Neo-Gothic Chalice (19th century)^[30]
  • A Cross: Christ on the Cross^[31]
  • 2 Confessionals (18th century)^[32]
  • A Baptismal font (1690)^[33]
  • A Tabernacle (18th century)^[34]
• A Monumental Cross (1861)^[35]
• A Cemetery Cross (1882)^[36]

Altenheim Picture Gallery

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  A street in Altenheim

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  The Church of Saint Lambert

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  Christ on the Cross

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  Stained Glass

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  Stained Glass

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  Stained Glass

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  Statue of Saint Lambert

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  The Monumental Cross

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  The Chapel of la-Fête-Dieu

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

External links

• Altenheim on the old IGN website (French)
• Altenheim on Lion1906
• Altenheim on Google Maps
• Altenheim on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Altenheim on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Altenheim on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. Inhabitants of Bas-Rhin (French)
2. Google Maps
3. List of Mayors of France (French)
4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055644 House (4) (French)
5. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055645 House (5) (French)
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055646 House (7) (French)
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055647 House (8) (French)
8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055648 House (11) (French)
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055649 House (24) (French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055650 House (33) (French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055651 House (43) (French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00084580 Napoleanic Banc-Reposoir (French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055834 Village (French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055632 Houses (French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055616 Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 (French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055610 Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 / R.D. 151 (French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055609 Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 (north) (French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055613 Wayside Cross at R.D. 112 (south) (French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055614 Wayside Cross at R.D. 230 (French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055643 Wayside Cross at R.D. 230 (French)
21. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055615 Wayside Cross at R.D. 230 (French)
22. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055652 Chapel of la-Fête-Dieu (French)
23. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055622 Church of Saint Lambert (French)
24. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67003427 Funeral Monument of Marie-rose Schmitt and family (French)
25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67003426 Funeral Monument of Maria Diss and Jean-Michel Klein (French)
26. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67003425 Funeral Monument of Marie-Odile Debs (French)
27. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67003424 Funeral Monument (French)
28. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67003423 Chalice with Paten (French)
29. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67003422 Statue: Saint Lambert (French)
30. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67003421 Neo-Gothic Chalice (French)
31. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67003420 Cross: Christ on the Cross (French)
32. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67003419 2 Confessionals (French)
33. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67003418 Baptismal font (French)
34. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67003417 Tabernacle (French)
35. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055612 Monumental Cross (French)
36. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00055611 Cemetery Cross (French)