Asswiller

Asswiller (French pronunciation: [asvilɛʁ] ^ⓘ; German: Aßweiler) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Asswiller
Commune
An old house in Asswiller
Coat of arms
Location of Asswiller
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Coordinates: 48°52′55″N 7°13′15″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Ingwiller
Intercommunality	CC Alsace Bossue
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Norbert Stammler[1]
Area 1	6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	269
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67013 /67320
Elevation	256–337 m (840–1,106 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.^[3]

Geography

Asswiller is in the Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park some 27 km south-east of Sarralbe and 38 km south-west of Bitche. 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. 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.^[4]

The Isch [fr] 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.

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. When the count palatine 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 lords introduced the Reformation and remained in Asswiller from the 16th century to 1819.^[5] 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 Asswiller was attached to France in 1793 by decree of the National Convention which overrode the rights of princes holding possessions.

Heraldry

Arms of Asswiller

Blazon: Party per fesse, first of Vert a lion passant guardant of Argent, second of Or.

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[6]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2008	Jean Mathia	UMP	General Councillor
2008	2026	Norbert Stammler

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Asswillerois or Asswilleroises in French.^[7]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 326 —     1800 286 −1.85% 1806 323 +2.05% 1821 411 +1.62% 1831 442 +0.73% 1836 411 −1.44% 1841 403 −0.39% 1846 402 −0.05% 1851 393 −0.45% 1856 353 −2.12% 1861 360 +0.39% 1866 345 −0.85% 1871 351 +0.35% 1875 344 −0.50% 1880 322 −1.31% 1885 316 −0.38% 1890 309 −0.45% 1895 319 +0.64%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1900 335 +0.98% 1905 344 +0.53% 1910 352 +0.46% 1921 294 −1.62% 1926 276 −1.26% 1931 281 +0.36% 1936 260 −1.54% 1946 251 −0.35% 1954 225 −1.36% 1962 223 −0.11% 1968 238 +1.09% 1975 225 −0.80% 1982 218 −0.45% 1990 215 −0.17% 1999 230 +0.75% 2007 269 +1.98% 2012 292 +1.65% 2017 276 −1.12%
Source: EHESS[8] and INSEE[9]

Asswiller War Memorial

Culture and heritage

The entry to Asswiller

Civil heritage

Many buildings and structures in Asswiller are registered as historical monuments:

• A Farmhouse at 2 Rue du Cimetière (1775)^[10]
• A Chateau at 6 Rue de Drulingen (13th century)^[11]
• The Town Hall/School at 10 Rue de Durstel (19th century)^[12]
• A Farmhouse at 18 Rue de Durstel (20th century)^[13]
• A Courthouse at 2 Rue de Durstel (1733)^[14]
• A Farmhouse at 26 Rue de Durstel (1861)^[15]
• A Farmhouse at 5 Rue de Durstel (19th century)^[16]
• A Farmhouse at 5 Bis Rue de Durstel (1761)^[17]
• A Farmhouse at 14 Rue de Petersbach (1803)^[18]
• A Farmhouse at 8 Rue de Petersbach (18th century)^[19]
• A Mill called Jaegermuhle (1833)^[20]

Religious heritage

Several religious buildings and structures are registered as historical monuments:

• A Cemetery at Rue du Cimetière (19th century)^[21]
• A Protestant Church at Rue de Durstel (1776)^[22]
• A Protestant Presbytery at 4 Rue de Durstel (18th century)^[23]
• A Lutheran Church at Rue de l'Eglise (1724)^[24]

The Cemetery contains two items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Rauscher family tomb (1924)^[25]
• 3 Sculptures^[26]

The Lutheran Church contains two items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Furniture in the church^[27]
• The Organ (1864)^[28]

Gallery of Historical Monuments

• 
  The Farmhouse at 18 Rue de Durstel
• 
  The old Courthouse at 2 Rue de Durstel
• 
  An old house in Asswiller
• 
  Asswiller Cemetery
• 
  The Rauscher Family Tomb
• 
  The Protestant Church

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department