Kriegsheim

Kriegsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Geography

Kriegsheim lies 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the north of Strasbourg and 5 kilometres (3 mi) to the southwest of Haguenau, in the Brumath hills on the western edge of the Upper Rhine valley. The Lohgraben, an 11-kilometre long stream that flows into the Moder, has its source in the Kriegsheim commune. (It should not be confused with Kriegsheim in Germany, a village that is now part of the town of Monsheim, Germany.)

Surrounding communes are Niederschaeffolsheim in the north, Weitbruch to the east, Brumath to the south and Rottelsheim in the west.

The departmenal road RD263 crosses the village, connecting to Haguenau in the north and the cantonal capital of Brumath five kilometres to the south. Brumath is the access point for the Autoroute A4 linking Paris with Strasbourg, and which here doubles as the European Highway E25.

History

The discovery of Merovingian period graves demonstrates that the area was already settled before the eighth century.