Aschbach, Bas-Rhin

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Street Art in Aschbach Street Art in Aschbach
Coat of arms of Aschbach Coat of arms
Aschbach
Location within Alsace region Aschbach
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Wissembourg
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Paul Heintz
Area1	4.32 km2 (1.67 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	667
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67012 / 67250
Elevation	137–178 m (449–584 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.

Aschbach is a French commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine region of north-eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aschbachois or Aschbachoises.

Geography

Aschbach is located some 13 km south by south-east of Wissembourg and 8 km east of Soultz-sous-Forêts. Access to the commune is by the D245 road from Stundwiller in the south passing through the village and continuing north to Seebach. With exception of a small band of forest on the western border the commune is entirely farmland.

The Seebach river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows south to join the Seltzbach at Buhl. An unnamed stream rises in the centre of the commune and flows south-east through the village to join the Seebach on the south-eastern border.

History

In the 14th century Aschbach was the property of the Diocese of Speyer (Germany). Under the Ancien Régime Aschbach, Stundwiller, and Oberroedern formed the Superior Court with their church at Stundwiller. These three villages were merged in 1974 but Aschbach was separated again in 1988.

According to the cadastral plan of 1839 there were buildings built close together and also other places which were marshlands. The school was built in 1833, an oratory at a place called Kreutzfeld dates to 1864, and the church was built in 1871.

The village suffered terrible damage in the Second World War and reconstruction gave the village a new look with a larger and more open built-up area. The presbytery was built in 1950.

Heraldry

Arms of Aschbach

Blazon: Sable, three bends wavy of Or.

Administration

File:Aschbach, Bas-Rhin, Mairie.JPG

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	Gérard Strasser
2014	2020	Paul Heintz

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 667 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
307	602	649	780	871	820	736	772	745

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
649	661	647	679	663	647	581	578	568

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
574	545	578	590	557	535	527	496	503

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
513	540	-	534	497	590	655	667	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

File:Aschbach, Bas-Rhin, War Memorial.JPG

Aschbach War Memorial

File:Population - Municipality code 67012.svg

Population of Aschbach

Sites and monuments

File:Aschbach, Bas-Rhin, Church.JPG

The Church of the Immaculate Conception

File:Aschbach, Bas-Rhin, Farmhouse at 19 Grand Rue.JPG

The Farmhouse at 19 Grand Rue

Aschbach has four registrations as historical monuments. These are:

• Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception (1871, 1908, 1928)
• Farmhouse at 19 Grand Rue (18th-20th century)
• House and Farms (18th and 19th century)
• The Village (14th century)

The Church of the Immaculate Conception has many items which are registered as historical objects. These are:

• 2 Monstrances (around 1871)
• Monstrance (around 1871)
• Cross: Christ on the cross (around 1871)
• Painting: Saint Joseph with the child Jesus (around 1871)
• 10 Statues of Saints (around 1871)
• Pulpit, 2 Confessionals, Baptismal fonts (around 1871)
• 3 Altars, 3 Tabernacles, 3 Retables, church stall, half-height panelling (main altar,altar tombstone, secondary altar) (around 1871)
• Furniture in the Church
• Wayside cross: Christ on the cross at Hohlacker (1809)

Aschbach Picture Gallery

• Aschbach, Bas-Rhin, Entry.JPG

  The entry to Aschbach

• Aschbach, Bas-Rhin, old house.JPG

  An old house in Aschbach

• Aschbach, Bas-Rhin, Street.JPG

  A street in Aschbach

• Aschbach, Bas-Rhin, Wayside Cross.JPG

  The Wayside Cross

Inside the Church

• Aschbach, Bas-Rhin, Church Interior.JPG

  Church Interior

• Aschbach, Bas-Rhin, Church Main Altar.JPG

  The Main Altar

• Aschbach, Bas-Rhin, Church Second Altar.JPG

  The Secondary Altar

• Aschbach, Bas-Rhin, Church Pulpit.JPG

  The Pulpit

• Aschbach, Bas-Rhin, Church St Joseph.JPG

  Painting of Saint Joseph with the child Jesus

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

External links

• Aschbach, Bas-Rhin on Lion1906
• Aschbach on the National Geographical Institute website (French)
• Aschbach on Google Maps
• Aschbach on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Asbach on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Aschbach on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)