Alteckendorf
Encyclopedia
Alteckendorf is a commune
in the Bas-Rhin
department in Alsace
in north-eastern France
.
and Germany. The Landsgraben stream, a tributary of the Zorn, flows through the village. The village is surrounded by hills: the Koppenberg (256m), the Englischberg (288m) and the Schyrberg (250m). To the north of the village is the Alteckendorf forest.
The route départementale D69 linking Kirrwiller
to Mommenheim
and the Sarreguemines
-Strasbourg
railway both run through the village.
Neighbouring localities within a radius of 5 kilometres include Minversheim, Ettendorf, Huttendorf, Ringendorf, Lixhausen, Bossendorf, Hochfelden and Schwindratzheim.
Alteckendorf is appropximately an hour by car from Strasbourg
and is near the militarily historically famous town of Haguenau
.
Altdorf does not appear until later in history, with a completely different name; perhaps Mazonivilare, because it is recorded in a document of 752 that Sigfrid, son of Sigismund gave up his property in the villages of "Ecchenheimo et Mazonivilare". No mention of the village occurs later; it was undoubtedly destroyed during a war and when the inhabitants returned they named the place Altdorf (old village). The name Altdorf does not appear until 1331.
The two villages were imperial possessions before 744. In the 18th Century, they were in the possession of the Landgraf von Werd in his capacity as the abbatial fief of Wissembourg.
The first mention of a church in the two villages is in 1313 when Rudolf von Hüttendorf, son of Burckhard, knight of Hüttendorf is installed as rector of the church.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...
department in Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Alteckendorf is located at an altitude of 117 metres above sea level, in between the Vosges MountainsVosges mountains
For the department of France of the same name, see Vosges.The Vosges are a range of low mountains in eastern France, near its border with Germany. They extend along the west side of the Rhine valley in a northnortheast direction, mainly from Belfort to Saverne...
and Germany. The Landsgraben stream, a tributary of the Zorn, flows through the village. The village is surrounded by hills: the Koppenberg (256m), the Englischberg (288m) and the Schyrberg (250m). To the north of the village is the Alteckendorf forest.
The route départementale D69 linking Kirrwiller
Kirrwiller
Kirrwiller is a commune in the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace in north-eastern France.Between 1974 and 2007 Kirrwiller-Bosselshausen was a single commune, but in January 2007, Bosselshausen and Kirrwiller communes were separated....
to Mommenheim
Mommenheim
Mommenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :Mommenheim lies between Mainz and Worms in Rhenish Hesse...
and the Sarreguemines
Sarreguemines
Sarreguemines is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It is the seat of an arrondissement.-Geography:...
-Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
railway both run through the village.
Neighbouring localities within a radius of 5 kilometres include Minversheim, Ettendorf, Huttendorf, Ringendorf, Lixhausen, Bossendorf, Hochfelden and Schwindratzheim.
Alteckendorf is appropximately an hour by car from Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
and is near the militarily historically famous town of Haguenau
Haguenau
-Economy:The town has a well balanced economy. Centuries of troubled history in the buffer lands between France and Germany have bequeathed to Haguenau a rich historical and cultural heritage which supports a lively tourist trade. There is also a thriving light manufacturing sector centred on the...
.
A Fusion of Two Villages
Eckendorf is first mentioned in 744 and is catalogued under various names subsequently, including Ecchenheim (744), Ecchenheimomarca (in 764 and 792), and Ecchenthorf, Ekkendorf, Ekindorf. The Abbey of Wissembourg is listed as the landowner in from 752-787. Later, in 1120, the monsastery at Mauermünster-Sindelsberg is named as the landowner. In 1146 it was recorded that the knight Simon de Frundsberg ceded his possession at Ekindork for "16 ½ lötig Silberstücke" to the Abbey of Stürzelbronn. In 1194, the monastery at Neuburg was the landowner of Eckendorf.Altdorf does not appear until later in history, with a completely different name; perhaps Mazonivilare, because it is recorded in a document of 752 that Sigfrid, son of Sigismund gave up his property in the villages of "Ecchenheimo et Mazonivilare". No mention of the village occurs later; it was undoubtedly destroyed during a war and when the inhabitants returned they named the place Altdorf (old village). The name Altdorf does not appear until 1331.
The two villages were imperial possessions before 744. In the 18th Century, they were in the possession of the Landgraf von Werd in his capacity as the abbatial fief of Wissembourg.
The first mention of a church in the two villages is in 1313 when Rudolf von Hüttendorf, son of Burckhard, knight of Hüttendorf is installed as rector of the church.