Petit-Landau

Petit -Landau ( Germany originally Klein Landau, alsatian Landai ) is a commune with 745 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Haut-Rhin in the Alsace region. She is one of the six municipalities of the Communauté de communes Porte de France Sud Rhin.

Geography

The community is located between the Rhone-Rhine Canal and the Upper Rhine and the Rhine Channel. Immediate neighboring villages are Niffer in the south and in the north Hombourg. In the West, the community has a stake in the Forêt de la Hardt domaniale Sud. In the East, the community is adjacent to Bad Bellingen and thus to Germany.

Demographics

Personalities

  • Joseph Schmidlin (* 1876 Klein Landau, † January 10, 1944 in the backup storage Schirmeck ), Catholic theologian, founder of the Catholic Mission Studies
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