Adamswiller

Adamswiller Àdàmswiller
Coat of arms
Adamswiller
Location within Alsace region Adamswiller
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Ingwiller
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Armand Moritz
Area1	3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	408
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67002 / 67320
Elevation	234–303 m (768–994 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Adamswiller (German: Adamsweiler) is a French commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine region of northeastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Adamswillerois or Adamswilleroises

Geography

Adamswiller is located some 20 km north by north-west of Phalsbourg and 20 km south-east of Sarralbe. The D9 road from Mackwiller passes south through the western part of the commune on the way to Durstel in the south. The D182 runs off the D9 in the commune to Rexingen in the south-west. There is also the D239 road from the village going north-east to join the D919 road just outside the commune. The commune is mostly farmland with a little forest in the east.

The commune is renowned for its pink sandstone from the north-east of the commune which has been approved for the restoration of historical monuments.

The Eichel river forms the north-western border of the commune and the Marstbach forms the western border. The commune lies within the Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park.

History

The commune was formerly part of the County of La Petite-Pierre. Between Adamswiller and Mackwiller there have been found ancient tombs which have been given the name Totdenberg due to the heights on which they were found (The hill of the Dead).

Heraldry

Blazon: Or, a chevron of gules in base Argent.

Toponymy

• 1281: Adelmanswiler
• 1793: Adamsweiller
• 1801: Adamswiler

In German: Adamsweiler.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Adamswiller

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	François Brua
2014	2020	Armand Moritz

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 387 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
215	210	246	326	324	296	308	305	289

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
275	277	289	299	286	280	274	265	303

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
313	335	331	317	332	334	343	356	366

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	-
406	427	429	460	469	459	398	387	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Culture and heritage

The Rauschen Sandstone Quarry

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Blacksmith's House at 27 Rue Principale (1881)
• The Town Hall / School at 44 Rue Principale (19th century)
• A Farmhouse at 51 Rue Principale (1825)
• A Farmhouse at 55 Rue Principale (1909)
• The Au Cheval Noir restaurant at 59 Rue Principale (1857)
• The Weaver's House at 68 Rue Principale (18th century)
• The Worker's House at 69 Rue Principale (1835)
• A Restaurant at 73 Rue Principale (1895)
• The Totenberg Tile Factory at RD 239 (1806)
• Houses and Farms
• A Public Bench at 12 Rue de la Gare (1856) is registered as an historical object.

Other sites of interest

• The Rauscher Quarry
• The Black Horse bistro

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Monstrance Altar Bench at CD 239 (1856)
• A Lutheran Church at Rue Principale (1836). The Church has several items which are registered as historical objects:
  • The Furniture in the Church (Supplementary)
  • The Organ (1846)
  • A Baptismal Ewer and Basin (19th century)
• The Cemetery (1905). All movable items in the Cemetery are registered as historical objects.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department sorted by arrondissements and cantons
• Communities of Communes of the Bas-Rhin département
• Arrondissements of the Bas-Rhin département
• Cantons of the Bas-Rhin département

External links

• Adamswiller on the old National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Adamswiller on Lion1906
• Adamswiller on Google Maps
• Adamswiller on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Adamsweiller on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Adamswiller on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)