Traenheim Explained

Traenheim
Native Name:Draane
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Traenheim (Bas-Rhin).svg
Arrondissement:Molsheim
Canton:Saverne
Insee:67492
Postal Code:67310
Mayor:Gérard Strohmenger[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Coordinates:48.5961°N 7.4664°W
Elevation Min M:174
Elevation Max M:265
Area Km2:3.1

Traenheim (in French pronounced as /tʁɛnaim/;[2] German: Tränheim; Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian: Draane) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[3]

A Jewish house church from 1723 survives. It is an upstairs room in a half-timbered house renovated for use as a place of public worship over the "vociferous" objections of the town's pastor but with the permission of the government. The room still has Hebrew prayers on the walls.[4]

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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.
  2. Web site: Localisation et prononciation des noms de lieux d'Alsace commençant par T, U, V, W ou Z. elsasser.free.fr. 2019-03-19. 2020-09-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20200913114647/http://elsasser.free.fr/NomCommu/ElsComTZ.html.
  3. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/67492-traenheim INSEE commune file
  4. Kaplan, Benjamin J., Religious Conflict and the Practice of Toleration in Early Modern Europe, Harvard University Press, 2007, Chapter 8, pp. 188-9 ff.