Valff
Valff (German Walf ) is a commune with 1210 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region. It belongs to the district Sélestat - Erstein, for Canton Obernai and is a member of the Association of Municipalities Piedmont de Barr.
Geography
The community Valff located in the western Upper Rhine Plain, approximately 22 km southwest of Strasbourg. The current coming from the four kilometers west towering Vosges Bach Kirneck opens below the village in the Andlau, which also forms the southeastern boundary of the municipality Valffs.
Neighboring communities of Valff are Niedernai in the north, Ottone in the east, in the southeast Kertzfeld, Gertwiller in the southeast, cell Willer in the south, Bourg home in the west and Goxwiller in the northwest.
History
The place name is derived from the Celtic Valff valva and means river, which runs into open spaces. The place was in its centuries-long history of various monasteries and abbeys. From the Thirty Years' War, he was not spared.
Demographics
Attractions
- Chapel Sainte -Marguerite, in the Renaissance style, built in 1566, Monument historique
- Church of Saint -Blaise, built in 1802, Monument historique
- Chapel of Our Lady of the 15th century
Church of Saint -Blaise