Altwiller

Altwiller is a common French, located in the department of the the Low-Rhine and the area Alsace.

Geography

History

Fragments of vases and other parts Gallo-Roman be were found with Bonnefontaine . The site is located on the passage of the road of salt. In addition to the two appendices of Neuweyershof and the field of Bonnefontaine , the village counted in its close relations surroundings disappeared hamlet, Honkesen-Huntzen .

Altwiller was deserted at the 15th century and was rebuilt a little further in 1559 by mainly Lorraine Huguenot S. Redétruit partially by Croatian in 1635, it becomes the property of the Sarrewerden then Nassau-Saarbrucken, with like chief town the bailliage of Harskirchen. The village is joined together in France in 1793.

Heraldic

Of azure to the cut crawling money and gold lion

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

the mill with occupied corn of the end of by only one dynasty of millers.
the medicinal spring discovered towards 1603 had apéritives, diuretic and purgative virtues. It gave the idea in 1816 to a banker Bâlois to build a Thermal spa with castle, park and room of dance. The castle is built between 1818 and 1822, but the exploitation of the station, fault of customers, shows a failure. It sells the field in 1836. The last occupants of the castle will be Schlumberger, owners since 1878.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Low-Rhine

External bonds

Altwiller on the site of the national geographical Institute
Altwiller on the site of INSEE
Altwiller on the site of Quid
Localization of Altwiller on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Altwiller on Mapquest

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