Department Bas-Rhin Canton Bischwiller Area 10.39 km² | Population (2006) 846 Local time Thursday 1:34 PM | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 48% Humidity | ||
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.
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Map of 67480 Leutenheim, France
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.
References
Leutenheim Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA