Ingenheim (; gsw-FR, Íngne) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin

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in Grand Est in north-eastern France.INSEE commune file
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The name

The earliest surviving record dates from 739 and names the village Ingenhaim. The first two syllables may comes from the Germanic given/Christian name, "Ingo". "Heim" occurs frequently in place names in countries where the local language is or has been a dialect of German: it is from the same root as the English word "home" and may refer to a grouping of houses or to a farmstead.

History

Between 1802 and 1853 the village was the centre for a consistory for Protestant communities in the surrounding settlements of Dettwiller,

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, Schwindratzheim,

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and

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. It lost out to Schwindratzheim after 1852 when the parish replaced the consistory as the defining organisational unit for protestant churches in France.

Landmarks

The Protestant church, completed in 1911.

References

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