Heiteren Explained

Heiteren
Native Name:Haitre
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason de la ville d'Heiteren (68).svg
Arrondissement:Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton:Ensisheim
Insee:68130
Postal Code:68600
Mayor:Dominique Schmitt[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:47.9703°N 7.5425°W
Elevation M:200
Elevation Min M:196
Elevation Max M:209
Area Km2:22.4

Heiteren (in French pronounced as /aitəʁən/) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

The Song "Ballade von Heiteren" performed by Walter Mossmann is dedicated to the resistance against the construction of the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant in the 1970s. It describes the organisation of the protests in a roundhouse near Heiteren and the violent repression against the protesters, e.g. by burning down the roundhouse.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.