Alteckendorf
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Alteckendorf
- French commune.native name
- Àltackedorf
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Ferme colombage Alteckendorf.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Half-timbered Farmhouse
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Ville fr Alteckendorf (Bas-Rhin).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Saverne
- French commune.canton
- Bouxwiller
- French commune.INSEE
- 67005
- French commune.postal code
- 67270
- French commune.mayor
- Alain Hipp
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Alteckendorf
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Strasbourg-Campagne
- Population
- +857
- Area
- +5.72
- Elevation
- +197
- Shares border with
- Schwindratzheim
- Official website
- alteckendorf.payszorn.com
- Image
- Alteckendorf - Eglise Altdorf.jpg
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Article
62 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Neighbouring communes and villages
- Communications
- Road network
- Public transport
- Climate
- Hydrology
- Vegetation
- Urbanism, a merger of two village communities
- Toponymy
- History of the fusion process
- The geographical merger
- The Laubweg Path
- The end of duplicate communal buildings
- The habitat
- History
- Middle Ages and Renaissance
- Possession of the lords of Lichtenberg
- The horrors of the Thirty Years' War
- The Battle of Pfaffenhoffen, 31 July 1633
- The city of Bouxwiller, a haven for Alteckendorfois
- The long return to normality
- The [[Ancien Régime]]
- The Eckendorf Castle in 1702
- Union of two villages
- Censuses, migrations, and statistics
- During the Revolution
- Alteckendorf during the 19th and 20th centuries
- Population growth (1793-1836)
- The Alsatian agricultural world in crisis (1850-1950)
- The end of the agricultural world
- The World Wars
- Heraldry
- Administration
- Canton and intercommunality
- Mayors
- Taxation
- Budget
- Economy
- Economic activity
- Active population
- Demography
- Distribution of age groups
- Housing
- Local life
- Language
- Facilities and services
- Education
- Health
- Associations
- Religions
- Culture and heritage
- Civil heritage
- Religious heritage
- Nicknames and traditions of the past
- Notable People linked to the commune
- See also
- Bibliography
- External links
- Notes and references
- Notes
- References
Alteckendorf (; sometimes spelled Alt Eckendorf; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France.
==Geography== Alteckendorf is about 30 km north-west of Strasbourg and 20 km east of Saverne. Covering an area of 572 hectares, the commune is located on the plain of Alsace and more specifically in the area of some loess hills behind Kochersberg and between the Vosges Mountains and Germany. The town is located 177 metres above sea level and is watered by the Landgraben stream, a tributary of the Zorn. It is surrounded by the Koppenberg (256 metres), Englischberg (288 metres), and Schyrberg (250 metres) hills. To the north of the town is the Alteckendorf forest.