Traenheim

Traenheim
The catholic church in Traenheim
Coat of arms
Traenheim
Location within Alsace region  Traenheim
Coordinates: 48°35′46″N 7°27′59″E / 48.5961°N 7.4664°ECoordinates: 48°35′46″N 7°27′59″E / 48.5961°N 7.4664°E
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Molsheim
Canton	Saverne
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Evelyne Loew
Area^1	3.1 km^2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	640
• Density	210/km^2 (530/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67492 / 67310
Elevation	174–265 m (571–869 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.

Traenheim (German: Tränheim) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.

A Jewish house church from 1723 survives. It is an upstairs room in a half-timbered house renovated for use as a place of public worship over the "vociferous" objections of the town's pastor but with the permission of the government. The room still has Hebrew prayers on the walls.^[1]

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. Kaplan, Benjamin J., Religious Conflict and the Practice of Toleration in Early Modern Europe, Harvard University Press, 2007, Chapter 8, pp. 188-9 ff..