Truchtersheim

Truchtersheim is a common French, located in the department of the the Low-Rhine and the area Alsace. Since July 15th, 1974, the commune is amalgamated with the old commune of Behlenheim.

Geography

Located in the Kochersberg at the North-West of the agglomeration of Strasbourg, the commune is bordered in the west by the brook of Avenheim.

Communes bordering

Reitwiller in the North-East, Pfettisheim in the east, Behlenheim and Wiwersheim in the south and Kleinfrankenheim in the west.

History

The name of Truchtersheim is of origin Celte and wants to say “small residence”. The name was then germanisé by the addition of the suffix " heim". It was evoked the first time into 900. The initial village is located at the center of the village at the current place of the market and the street of the crown.

Administration

Demography

provisional population for 2005: 2.719

municipal population in 2006: 2.980

of which Behlenheim: 502

Culture

Chorus of men Pluricanto
Choral society of the Young people
Harmony and whole of instruments

Services with the population

college of Kochersberg
the college of sector is the Lycée Marcel Rudloff located at Strasbourg - Hautepierre, in the park of the potteries.

Places and monuments

Church Saint-Pierre-and-Paul (1965; the two preceding churches had been built in 1749 and 1925. Beautiful polychrome and gilded statues XVIII°, two tables registered with the additional inventory of the Historic buildings
Stained glasses (1965) of Thierry Ruhlmann
Museum of Kochersberg with exposures sets of themes and artistic presentations of works

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Low-Rhine
Kochersberg

External bonds

Site of the town hall
Truchtersheim on the site of the national geographical Institute
Truchtersheim on the site of INSEE
Truchtersheim on the site of Quid
Localization of Truchtersheim on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Truchtersheim on Mapquest

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