Wittersheim

Witternheim is a commune with 603 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region. It is located in the canton of Haguenau Haguenau and belongs to the district.

• 2.1 religions
• 2.2 Population development

• 3.1 community partnership

• 5.1 traffic

Geography

Witternheim is around ten kilometers west of Haguenau and 20 km north of Strasbourg in the landscape Collines de Brumath ( "Hill of Brumath " ) at the edge of the Upper Rhine Plain.

The village is encircled by the Duerrbachgraben and from Gebolsheimerbach the east by Rissbach, in the west. He bears the name of the hamlet Gebolsheim, belongs to the municipality Witternheim. Both streams are tributaries of the left 's wrath.

Neighboring communities

Witternheim bordered to the north Ohlungen, on the northeast by Berstheim, to the east by Hochstett, to the south Mommenheim, on the west by Minversheim and to the northwest by Hutten village.

History

Grave finds of Roman reliefs in Gebolsheim prove that the area was inhabited in ancient times.

Witternheim was first mentioned in 742. It belonged in the Middle Ages to the bailiwick of Haguenau and came up with the Peace of Westphalia to France.

Religions

The population of Witternheim is majority Catholic, but there was also a Jewish population, which was in 1807 at 22 percent. Evidence of the Catholic- Jewish wash house from the 19th century.

Population Development

Policy

Witternheim forms with Berstheim, Hochstett and the Communauté de communes Wahlheim au Carrefour des Trois Croix.

Community partnership

There is a partnership with Witternheim in Saarland.

Culture and sights

The parish church of Saint -Ulrich from the 1760s is equipped with an organ from 1859. On the territory of the municipality there are several Flurkreuz, including the Red Cross from 1791 to Witternheim and Kohlwegkreutz of 1686 Gebolsheim. The City Council of Witternheim dates from the second quarter of the 19th century. In Gebolsheim is a mill from the late 18th or early 19th century.

Source Ortisei with Catholic and Jewish Lavoir

Economy and infrastructure

Witternheim is predominantly agricultural. The grazing areas of the municipality are used for cattle and pigs.

Traffic

Witternheim is connected through a secondary road with Mommenheim, where connection is made to the Autoroute A4 Paris -Strasbourg, which coincides here with the European route E25.

Personalities

Rabbi Nathan Alexander was born in 1729 in Witternheim. Because of his background, he took the last name Alsatian. He worked from 1769 in Freudenthal where he died in 1816.