Old communes of the Low-Rhine
This page recalls all the old communes of the Département of the Low-Rhine which existed since the French revolution, as well as creations and the official modifications of name.
The list does not contain the simple modifications of the territory of a commune (passage of a hamlet of a commune with another, for example).
The information of before 1943 can be incomplete.
Fusion
*: creation of a new commune
1982
- Hohwiller > Soultz-under-Forests
1975
- Altenstadt > Wissembourg
- Fouday > Round of applause-of-the-Rock - (common restored in 1992)
- Hermerswiller > Hoffen
- Irmstett > Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett *
- Leiterswiller > Hoffen
- Scharrachbergheim > Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett *
1974
- Aschbach > Stundwiller - (common restored in 1988)
- Behlenheim > Truchtersheim
- Bellefosse > Round of applause-of-the-Rock * - (common restored in 1992)
- Belmont > Round of applause-of-the-Rock * - (common restored in 1992)
- Bosselshausen > Kirrwiller-Bosselshausen * -- (common restored in 2007)
- Engenthal > Wangenbourg-Engenthal *
- Kirrwiller > Kirrwiller-Bosselshausen * -- (common restored in 2007)
- Kolbsheim > Duppigheim - (common restored in 1983)
- Niederseebach > Seebach *
- Oberbronn > Oberbronn-Zinswiller * - (common restored in 1992)
- Obermodern > Modern *
- Oberrœdern > Stundwiller - (common restored in 1989)
- Oberseebach > Seebach *
- Waldersbach > Round of applause-of-the-Rock * - (common restored in 1992)
- Wangenbourg > Wangenbourg-Engenthal *
- Zinswiller > Oberbronn-Zinswiller * - (common restored in 1992)
- Zutzendorf > Modern *
1973
- Bremmelbach > Cleebourg
- Eberbach-Wœrth > Gundershoffen
- Griesbach > Gundershoffen
- Griesbach-le-Bastberg > Bouxwiller
- Imbsheim > Bouxwiller
- Ittlenheim > Neugartheim-Ittlenheim *
- Mitschdorf > Gœrsdorf
- Neugartheim > Neugartheim-Ittlenheim *
- Riedheim > Bouxwiller
- Rohr > Gougenheim - (common restored in 1986)
- Wickersheim > Wickersheim-Wilshausen *
- Wilshausen > Wickersheim-Wilshausen *
1972
- Avenheim > Schnersheim
- Birlenbach > Drachenbronn-Birlenbach *
- the Bischtroff-on-Saar > Sarrewerden
- Drachenbronn > Drachenbronn-Birlenbach *
- Gimbrett > Berstett
- Kleinfrankenheim > Schnersheim
- Kuhlendorf > Betschdorf
- Mattstall > Lembach
- Nehwiller-près-Wœrth > Reichshoffen
- Offenheim > Stutzheim-Offenheim *
- Reimerswiller > Betschdorf
- Reitwiller > Berstett
- Rumersheim > Berstett
- Schwabwiller > Betschdorf
- Stutzheim > Stutzheim-Offenheim *
- Wœllenheim > Willgottheim
- Zollingen > Sarrewerden
1971
- Niederbetschdorf > Betschdorf *
- Oberbetschdorf > Betschdorf *
1945
- Gumbrechtshoffen-Niederbronn > Gumbrechtshoffen *
- Gumbrechtshoffen-Oberbronn > Gumbrechtshoffen *
1866
- Weiler > Wissembourg
1858
1844
- Wiler > Harskirchen
1815
- Hirtzelbach > Dieffenbach-with-Valley and New-Church
1794
- Bouquenom > Saar-Union *
- Neusarrewerden or Neusarverden > Saar-Union *
Between 1790 and 1794
- Bettenhoffen > Gambsheim
- Biblenheim > Soultz
- Borough > Borough-Beetle *
- Beetle > Borough-Beetle *
- Charbes > Lalaye
- Dengelsheim > Sessenheim
- Ehnwihr > Muttersholtz
- Gebolsheim > Wittersheim
- Giessenheim > Rœschwoog
- Graffenstaden > Illkirch-Graffenstaden *
- Hanhoffen > Bischwiller
- Hermolsheim > Mutzig
- Hohwarth > Saint-Pierre-Wood
- Illkirch > Illkirch-Graffenstaden *
- Kaidenbourg > Siegen
- Keffendorf > Ohlungen
- Krauffthal > Eschbourg
- Linienhausen > Reichshoffen
- Mittelkurz > Rangen
- Niederaltdorf > Uhlwiller
- Niederkutzenhausen > Kutzenhausen *
- Ober-Altdorf > Alteckendorf
- Oberkutzenhausen > Kutzenhausen *
- Obersteigen > Engenthal
- Ohnheim > Fegersheim
- Robertsau > Strasbourg
- Spachbach > Oberdorf
- Walck > Bitschhoffen - (common restored in 1847)
- Zell > Nothalten
Creation and re-establishment
2007
- Re-establishment of Bosselshausen and Kirrwiller starting from Kirrwiller-Bosselshausen, removed commune
1992
- Re-establishment of Bellefosse, Belmont, Fouday and Waldersbach starting from Round of applause-of-the-Rock, removed commune
- Re-establishment of Oberbronn and Zinswiller starting from Oberbronn-Zinswiller, removed commune
1989
- Re-establishment of Oberrœdern starting from Stundwiller
1988
- Re-establishment of Aschbach starting from Stundwiller
1986
- Re-establishment of Rohr starting from Gougenheim
1983
- Re-establishment of Kolbsheim starting from Duppigheim
1927
- Vancelle by dismemberment of the commune of Châtenois
1888
- Merkwiller by dismemberment of the commune of Kutzenhausen
1867
1847
- Re-establishment of Walck starting from Bitschhoffen
1799
- Bernardswiller by dismemberment of the commune of Obernai
Modification of official name
2003
- Dinsheim > Dinsheim-on-Beetle
1983
- Modern > Obermodern-Zutzendorf
1965
- Griesheim-on-Breath > Griesheim-on-Souffel
1961
- Bueswiller > Buswiller
- Neuwiller > Neuviller-the-Rock
- Ueberach > Uberach
1956
- Ernolsheim-Saverne > Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne
1955
- Kurtzenhausen > Kurtzenhouse
1953
- Schweinheim > Schwenheim
1952
- Pisdorf > the Bischtroff-on-Saar
1949
- Schaffhausen > Schaffhouse-on-Zorn
- Schweighausen > Schweighouse-on-Moder
1948
- Gottenhausen > Gottenhouse
1947
- Triembach > Triembach-with-Valley
1929
- Oberdorf > Oberdorf-Spachbach
1928
- Bruschwickersheim > Breuschwickersheim
1927
- Oberhoffen > Oberhoffen-lès-Wissembourg
- Oberhoffen > Oberhoffen-on-Moder
1926
- Fessenheim > Fessenheim-the-Low
- Waltenheim > Waltenheim-on-Zorn
- Wintzenheim > Wintzenheim-Kochersberg
1922
- Merkwiller > Merkwiller-Pechelbronn
1891
- Hambach > Waldhambach
1867
- Erlenbach > Alba
Sources
- charts of Cassini, database on the history of the common Frenchwomen
- CommunesGenWeb, history of the communes to the service of the genealogy
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