Huttenheim Hìttene | |
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 The town hall in Huttenheim | |
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 Location of Huttenheim | |
  Huttenheim  Huttenheim | |
| Coordinates:48°21′35″N7°34′47″E / 48.3597°N 7.5797°E /48.3597; 7.5797 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein |
| Canton | Erstein |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Jacques Breitel[1] |
Area 1 | 12.55 km2 (4.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,694 |
| • Density | 214.7/km2 (556.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67216 /67230 |
| Elevation | 156–162 m (512–531 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Huttenheim (German:Hüttenheim) is acommune in theBas-Rhindepartment inGrand Est in north-easternFrance.[3]
The village can trace its recorded history back to the seventh century.
Positioned to the south-west ofBenfeld, not far from the Roman era road known as the Road of the Heathens ("route des païens" / "S'Heidestressel"), the village was included in the property of the feudallordship of Eticho, and was bequeathed in 667 to theAbbey of Ebersmunster. With the arrival of missionary friars from the north, dedicated, for the next three centuries, to the Christianisation of the region, the village walls were transformed and a new mentality seized the entire region. The villagers were early adopters of theChristian religion. Hardworking and combative, people mostly lived by fishing and by hunting: fish and game were abundant in the region. They lived in huts on the banks of theRiver Ill: the surrounding fields would have been criss-crossed by meandering streams.
Over the centuries, the name of the village changed as the local dialects evolved. Around 728 it was Hittenheim which had become Hudenheim by 770 and Hivatinquhaim in 798. In 884 it is written as Hindingheim, in 959 Hitingheim and in 1039 Hutenheim. The name Hittenheim was used in 1174 and Huttenheim ("Hìttene" in the local version ofAlsatian) first appears in 1560.
Huttenheim is located on the eastern side of centralAlsace, some thirty kilometres (19 miles) south ofStrasbourg and forty kilometres (25 miles) north-north-east ofColmar.Sélestat andObernai are each some fifteen kilometres (9.3 miles) distant while to the east theRhinau ferry crossing intoGermany is some ten kilometres (6.2 miles) away.
The district is known as the reed country, on account of the reeds that grew in the surrounding marshland. In recent centuries theRhine has been channelled which along with agriculturally driven drainage projects has made the land less marshy and more cultivable. Thewater table, though lower than in Roman times, remains unusually close to the surface, however.
Huttenheim is administratively linked with the neighbouring commune ofBenfeld.
Although the Rhine is some distance to the east, Huttenheim is positioned right on the eastern bank of theRiver Ill a major river originating inthe Jura region and which is thought to have givenAlsace its name: the Ill here flows from south to north, approximately parallel with the Rhine, before the two rivers fully connect atStrasbourg. Because of the historically marshy nature of the landscape there are, following drainage of the region, numerous other water courses in the area.
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