Ingenheim
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Ingenheim
Íngne | |
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 A general view of Ingenheim | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Ingenheim  | |
  Ingenheim  Ingenheim | |
| Coordinates: 48°44′07″N 7°31′17″E / 48.7353°N 7.5214°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Saverne |
| Canton | Bouxwiller |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gérard Schweitzer[1] |
Area 1 | 5.37 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 375 |
| • Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67220 /67270 |
| Elevation | 157–229 m (515–751 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ingenheim (French pronunciation: [iŋ(ɡ)ənaim] ⓘ; Alsatian: Íngne) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[3]
The earliest surviving record dates from 739 and names the village Ingenhaim. The first two syllables may comes from the Germanic given/Christian name, "Ingo". "Heim" occurs frequently in place names in countries where the local language is or has been a dialect of German: it is from the same root as the English word "home" and may refer to a grouping of houses or to a farmstead.
History
Between 1802 and 1853 the village was the centre for a consistory for Protestant communities in the surrounding settlements of Dettwiller, Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne, Schwindratzheim, Alteckendorf, Waltenheim-sur-Zorn and Duntzenheim. It lost out to Schwindratzheim after 1852 when the parish replaced the consistory as the defining organisational unit for protestant churches in France.
