Ingenheim Explained

Ingenheim
Native Name:Íngne
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Ingenheim (Bas-Rhin).svg
Arrondissement:Saverne
Canton:Bouxwiller
Insee:67220
Postal Code:67270
Mayor:Gérard Schweitzer[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:48.7353°N 7.5214°W
Elevation Min M:157
Elevation Max M:229
Area Km2:5.37

Ingenheim (in French pronounced as /iŋ(ɡ)ənaim/; Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian: Íngne) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[2]

The name

The earliest surviving record dates from 739 and names the village Ingenhaim. The first two syllables may comes from the Germanic given/Christian name, "Ingo". "Heim" occurs frequently in place names in countries where the local language is or has been a dialect of German: it is from the same root as the English word "home" and may refer to a grouping of houses or to a farmstead.

History

Between 1802 and 1853 the village was the centre for a consistory for Protestant communities in the surrounding settlements of Dettwiller, Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne, Schwindratzheim, Alteckendorf, Waltenheim-sur-Zorn and Duntzenheim. It lost out to Schwindratzheim after 1852 when the parish replaced the consistory as the defining organisational unit for protestant churches in France.

Landmarks

The Protestant church, completed in 1911.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/67220-ingenheim INSEE commune file