Leutenheim
Leutenheim Littenem | ||
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Commune | ||
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Leutenheim Location within Grand Est region Leutenheim | ||
Coordinates: 48°50′37″N 8°01′17″E / 48.8436°N 8.0214°ECoordinates: 48°50′37″N 8°01′17″E / 48.8436°N 8.0214°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Grand Est | |
Department | Bas-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
Canton | Bischwiller | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2001–2008) | Gérard Lehmann | |
Area1 | 10.39 km2 (4.01 sq mi) | |
Population (2006)2 | 846 | |
• Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 67264 /67480 | |
Elevation | 115–139 m (377–456 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Leutenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Haguenau and a short distance west of the Rhine, which here defines the frontier between France and Germany.
History
In eighth- and ninth-century records the village appears as Lithaim.
In around 1140 Königsbrück Abbey was founded here, a Cistercian nunnery, dissolved during the French Revolution.
Before the Rhine was channeled, the landscape here was marshy and criss-crossed by branches of the river. Accordingly, the settlement is constructed on warfts.
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