Grassendorf

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Grassendorf Gràssedorf
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Grassendorf
(2020–2026)		Bernard Ingwiller^[1]
Area ¹	2.24 km² (0.86 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	255
• Density	110/km² (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67166 /67350
Elevation	212–296 m (696–971 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Grassendorf (French pronunciation: [ɡʁasəndɔʁf]; Alsatian: Gràssedorf) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.^[3]

History

Following the Thirty Years War which badly depleted population levels in much of Alsace, a large number of immigrants arrived from the Thiérache region of Picardy during the middle of the seventeenth century.

In the local language the inhabitants of Grassendorf are known as "Welschguller" which means something along the lines of "foreign turkeys". Until the 1990s the spire of the parish church was topped off by the carving of a turkey rather than of the Gallic rooster which is more normally found on the tops of church spires in rural France.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file