commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in the
Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administrat ...
region of north-eastern
France
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.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Asswillerois'' or ''Asswilleroises''.
The commune has been awarded one flower by the ''National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom'' in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''.
Geography
Asswiller is in the
Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park
The Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park ( French: ''Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord'') is a protected area of woodland, wetland, farmland and historical sites in the region Grand Est in northeastern France. The area was officially d ...
some 27 km south-east of
Sarralbe
Sarralbe (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Alwe'' or ''Saaralwe'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 725 Communes of France, commu ...
and 38 km south-west of
Bitche
Bitche ( , ; German and Lorraine Franconian: ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department, administrative regions of France, administrative region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It ...
. Access to the commune is by the D9 road from Durstel in the north-west passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing south-east to
Petersbach
Petersbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Peteresbach is within the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord'') that lies in the northern foothills o ...
. The D309 road goes south-west from the village to Drulingen. There is a large forest in the west with strips of forest along the borders with the remainder of the commune farmland.Google Maps /ref>
The forms the south-western boundary of the commune as it flows west to eventually join the Sarre west of Wolfskirchen. The Ottwillergraben forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Eichel at
Tieffenbach
Tieffenbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The communes cooperate ...
.
Neighbouring communes and villages
Toponymy
* 718: ''Asco vilare''
*1793: ''Asveiller''
*1801: ''Asswiler''
In German the commune name is ''Aßweiler''.
History
Asswiller was a small lordship dependent on the Counts of
La Petite-Pierre
La Petite-Pierre (; german: Lützelstein; Rhine Franconian: ''Lítzelstain'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies in the historical and cultural region of Alsace (Elsass in German). Petit-Pierre ...
. When the
count palatine
A count palatine (Latin ''comes palatinus''), also count of the palace or palsgrave (from German ''Pfalzgraf''), was originally an official attached to a royal or imperial palace or household and later a nobleman of a rank above that of an ord ...
of Bavaria, Georg Johann I of Bavaria, took possession of the county, he granted Asswiller as a hereditary fief to the Dalheim family (1588), who were soon succeeded by the Steinkallenfels family: senior officials of the palatine counts. These
Protestant
Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...
lords introduced the
Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
and remained in Asswiller from the 16th century to 1819. In 1789 Asswiller belonged to the Lord of Carbiston who had acquired it in 1771 by marriage with the heiress of the Steincallenfels family.
After the
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...
Asswiller was attached to France in 1793 by decree of the
National Convention
The National Convention (french: link=no, Convention nationale) was the parliament of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for the rest of its existence during the French Revolution, following the two-year National ...
which overrode the rights of princes holding possessions.
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 276 inhabitants.
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage
Many buildings and structures in Asswiller are registered as historical monuments:
*A Farmhouse at 2 Rue du Cimetière (1775)
*A Chateau at 6 Rue de Drulingen (13th century)
*The Town Hall/School at 10 Rue de Durstel (19th century)
*A Farmhouse at 18 Rue de Durstel (20th century)
*A Courthouse at 2 Rue de Durstel (1733)
*A Farmhouse at 26 Rue de Durstel (1861)
*A Farmhouse at 5 Rue de Durstel (19th century)
*A Farmhouse at 5 Bis Rue de Durstel (1761)
*A Farmhouse at 14 Rue de Petersbach (1803)
*A Farmhouse at 8 Rue de Petersbach (18th century)
*A Mill called ''Jaegermuhle'' (1833)
Religious heritage
Several religious buildings and structures are registered as historical monuments:
*A Cemetery at Rue du Cimetière (19th century)
*A
Protestant
Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...
Church at Rue de Durstel (1776)
*A Protestant Presbytery at 4 Rue de Durstel (18th century)
*A
Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...
Church at Rue de l'Eglise (1724)
The Cemetery contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
*The Rauscher family tomb (1924)
*3 Sculptures
The Lutheran Church contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
*The Furniture in the church
*The Organ (1864)Ministry of Culture, Palissy
Gallery of Historical Monuments
File:Asswiller Farmhouse at 18 Rue de Durstel.JPG, The Farmhouse at 18 Rue de Durstel
File:Asswiller Courthouse at 2 Rue de Durstel.JPG, The old Courthouse at 2 Rue de Durstel
File:Asswiller Old House.JPG, An old house in Asswiller
File:Asswiller Cemetery.JPG, Asswiller Cemetery
File:Asswiller Rauscher Family Tomb.JPG, The Rauscher Family Tomb
File:Asswiller Church.JPG, The Protestant Church