Aschbach, Bas-Rhin

Aschbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Aschbach Àschbàch
Commune
Street Art in Aschbach
Coat of arms
Location of Aschbach
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Coordinates: 48°56′07″N 7°59′03″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Wissembourg
Intercommunality	CC Outre-Forêt
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Paul Heintz[1]
Area 1	4.32 km2 (1.67 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	646
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67012 /67250
Elevation	137–178 m (449–584 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Aschbach is located some 13 km south by south-east of Wissembourg and 8 km east of Soultz-sous-Forêts. Access to the commune is by the D245 road from Stundwiller in the south passing through the village and continuing north to Seebach. With exception of a small band of forest on the western border the commune is entirely farmland.^[3]

The Seebach river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows south to join the Seltzbach at Buhl. An unnamed stream rises in the centre of the commune and flows south-east through the village to join the Seebach on the south-eastern border.^[3]

History

In the 14th century Aschbach was the property of the Diocese of Speyer (Germany). Under the Ancien Régime Aschbach, Stundwiller, and Oberroedern formed the Superior Court with their church at Stundwiller. These three villages were merged in 1974 but Aschbach was separated again in 1988.

According to the cadastral plan of 1839 there were buildings built close together and also other places which were marshlands. The school was built in 1833, an oratory at a place called Kreutzfeld dates to 1864, and the church was built in 1871.

The village suffered terrible damage in the Second World War and reconstruction gave the village a new look with a larger and more open built-up area. The presbytery was built in 1950.^[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Aschbach

Blazon: Sable, three bends wavy of Or.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[5]

From	To	Name
2001	2014	Gérard Strasser
2014	2026	Paul Heintz

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aschbachois or Aschbachoises in French.^[6]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 307 —     1800 602 +10.10% 1806 649 +1.26% 1821 780 +1.23% 1831 871 +1.11% 1836 820 −1.20% 1841 736 −2.14% 1846 772 +0.96% 1851 745 −0.71% 1856 649 −2.72% 1861 661 +0.37% 1866 647 −0.43% 1871 679 +0.97% 1875 663 −0.59% 1880 647 −0.49% 1885 581 −2.13% 1890 578 −0.10% 1895 568 −0.35%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1900 574 +0.21% 1905 545 −1.03% 1910 578 +1.18% 1921 590 +0.19% 1926 557 −1.14% 1931 535 −0.80% 1936 527 −0.30% 1946 496 −0.60% 1954 503 +0.18% 1962 513 +0.25% 1968 570 +1.77% 1975 560 −0.25% 1982 563 +0.08% 1990 528 −0.80% 1999 590 +1.24% 2007 679 +1.77% 2012 677 −0.06% 2017 682 +0.15%
Source: EHESS[7] and INSEE[8]

Aschbach War Memorial

Sites and monuments

The Church of the Immaculate Conception

The Farmhouse at 19 Grand Rue

Aschbach has four registrations as historical monuments. These are:

• Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception (1871, 1908, 1928)^[9]
• Farmhouse at 19 Grand Rue (18th-20th century)^[10]
• House and Farms (18th and 19th century)^[11]
• The Village (14th century)^[4]

The Church of the Immaculate Conception has many items which are registered as historical objects. These are:

• 2 Monstrances (around 1871)^[12]
• Monstrance (around 1871)^[13]
• Cross: Christ on the cross (around 1871)^[14]
• Painting: Saint Joseph with the child Jesus (around 1871)^[15]
• 10 Statues of Saints (around 1871)^[16]
• Pulpit, 2 Confessionals, Baptismal fonts (around 1871)^[17]
• 3 Altars, 3 Tabernacles, 3 Retables, church stall, half-height panelling (main altar, altar tombstone, secondary altar) (around 1871)^[18]
• Furniture in the Church^[19]
• Wayside cross: Christ on the cross at Hohlacker (1809)^[20]

Aschbach Picture Gallery

• 
  The entry to Aschbach
• 
  An old house in Aschbach
• 
  A street in Aschbach
• 
  The Wayside Cross

Inside the Church

• 
  Church Interior
• 
  The Main Altar
• 
  The Secondary Altar
• 
  The Pulpit
• 
  Painting of Saint Joseph with the child Jesus

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Google Maps
4. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00118787 Village (in French)
5. List of Mayors of France (in French)
6. Le nom des habitants du 67 - Bas-Rhin, habitants.fr
7. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aschbach, EHESS (in French).
8. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00118789 Church of the Immaculate Conception (in French)
10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00118790 Farmhouse (in French)
11. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00118788 Houses and Farms (in French)
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67005080 2 Monstrances (in French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67005079 Monstrance (in French)
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67005078 Cross: Christ on the Cross (in French)
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67005077 Painting: Saint Joseph with the child Jesus (in French)
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67005076 10 Statues (in French)
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67005075 Pulpit, 2 Confessionals, Baptismal fonts (in French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67005074 3 Altars, 3 Tabernacles, 3 Retables, stall, panelling (in French)
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67005073 Furniture (in French)
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67005081 Wayside Cross (in French)

External links

• Aschbach on the National Geographical Institute website (in French)
• Aschbach on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Asbach on the 1750 Cassini Map