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Hegeney Hajenai | |
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  Hegeney  Hegeney | |
| Coordinates:48°53′28″N7°44′30″E / 48.8911°N 7.7417°E /48.8911; 7.7417 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg |
| Canton | Reichshoffen |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Roger Isel[1] |
Area 1 | 1.76 km2 (0.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 437 |
| • Density | 248/km2 (643/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67186 /67360 |
| Elevation | 165–209 m (541–686 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Hegeney (also spelledHégeney) is acommune in theBas-Rhindepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance.[3]
Hégeney is positioned to the north ofHaguenau approximately halfway toWœrth along the departmental road RD27. The landscape is of gently rolling hills, with the topography becoming more uneven towards theVosges Mountains some twenty kilometres (twelve miles) to the west, and the land becoming eventually a little flatter towards theRiver Rhine some twenty kilometres (twelve miles) to the east. To the south and south-west Hégeney is bordered by the littleRiver Eberbach, a tributary of theSauer.
The earliest archaeological find here is a largeBronze Age axe, weighing half a kilogramme (one pound). Found at the edge of the commune, it is now on display at a museum inHaguenau. Coins and other artefacts from the second and third centuries have also been found at the adjacent hamlet known as Wasserrut, beside the known route of a Roman age road that connectedMorsbronn withLaubach.
TheAbbey of Wissembourg, founded around 660, enjoyed the support of theMerovingian kings and received grants of land from a number of districts. In 742 it is recorded thatDuke Liutfrid of Alsace donated to the abbey four farms at Heconheim (modern Hégeney). In 786 the site appears under the patronage of Aginoni Villa (the farm of Aginon)
In 1280, with the establishment of the Imperial Bailiwick of Haguenau, the settlement of Heckenheim, which found itself within the Imperial Bailiwick, gained the rights and privileges of an imperially dependent village, together with the neighbouring village ofEschbach in the provostship ofForstheim.
There is a record of the town ofHaguenau having confiscated the villagers'horses andcattle on Friday, 11 August 1368.
During theThirty Years' War, the village was torched bySwedish troops. After the end of the war, the French state progressively tightened its control over the Imperial Bailiwick. In due course the lands were granted in fief to theDuke of Mazarin (not to be confused withCardinal Mazarin whose niece the duke had married). The royal village of Hégeney thereafter belonged to the duke's heirs right up till theend of the ancien regime.
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