Leutenheim

Leutenheim Littenem
Coat of arms of Leutenheim Coat of arms
Leutenheim
Location within Alsace region Leutenheim
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
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)
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 Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine 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.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file