Battenheim

Battenheim is a common French of the northern suburbs of Mulhouse, located in the department of the Haut-Rhin, in area Alsace. The inhabitants of this village are called the battenheimois and the battenheimoises.

Geography

Battenheim is located at 5 km in the south of the town of Ensisheim and at 10 km in the North-East of the town of Mulhouse. The village is located at approximately 15 km in the west of the German border.

The commune of Battenheim is made up of several quite distinct zones:

the center of the village and its old masonries, its church, its trade;
of the residential allotments at the more contemporary houses;
of the agricultural zones to the cultures mainly intensive;
part of the national forest of Hardt.

History and prospects

the Romains had settled there: there remain vestiges of a camp to the place says Schnapphahnenlager.
the village, quoted as of 817 under the name of Batenheim, belonged to the seigniory of Landser.
Battenheim knew sharp a demographic explosion as of the installation of the factory Peugeot of Sausheim in the the Sixties .
a fifth allotment of about fifty pieces is on the point of being built in the South-west of the village at the end of 2007.

Administration

Battenheim belongs to the Communauté of communes of the Island Napoleon (CCIN).

Demography

provisional population for 2006: 1.281

Practical

Transport

a bus '' Soléa '' regularly makes (approximately every hour) the connection between the village and a station of tram of Mulhouse. The way lasts less than twenty minutes. The central station of Mulhouse is thus easily accessible, and by there Paris which is now with 3:10 thanks to TGV Is.
Battenheim is located not far from the highway node between the has 35 and the has 36, respectively connecting Strasbourg to Basle and Mulhouse with Lyon, Paris, etc
the EuroAirport , the airport of Basle-Mulhouse-Freiburg, is at half an hour of highway approximately. Shuttles also circulate between the airport and Mulhouse. It is from now on possible to go quickly as well to Liverpool, as with Warsaw or Istanbul, than that is in traditional company or at low prices.

Trade

Battenheim has a trade multi-service (general food, not Poste, press) open Sunday as well as an artisanal bakery. Moreover, at least two great shopping malls are located at less 6km: one with the Island Napoleon and the other with Wittenheim.

Hotel trade and restoration

A hotel with restaurant and a restaurant are located at the center of the village, not far from the church.

Community life

There exist many associations with Battenheim: a football club, tennis, of table tennis, game of bowls, an association dedicated to the History, another with the carnival, etc
Each year, the Anthill , the regrouping of associations of the village, organizes a festival of October named " Fourmi " celebrates; (in allusion to the insect symbolizing the inhabitants of Battenheim) with concerts and dinners dancing in particular.
Of other events is proposed during the year like representations of a play Alsatian at the beginning of year, a carnival, a festival of the village in May, a living room renewable energies & farm equipment (since 2006) as well as a Marché of Christmas in particular.

Places and monuments

Religious heritage

the Church St Imier has a nave dating from the eighteenth century. The bell-tower and the chorus are Gothic types and the furnace bridge baroque. In this church a large organ going back to resides 1720. It was restored in 1989.
a martyrdom, going back to 1776, is present on the site.

Civil inheritance

An imposing water mill is located on Quatelbach, the river passing with Battenheim.

External bonds

Battenheim on the site of the national geographical Institute
Battenheim on Google Maps (plane + seen satellite)
Battenheim on the site of INSEE
Battenheim on the site of Quid
Localization of Battenheim on a chart of France and communes bordering
History on the organ

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