Durningen | |
Native Name: | Dírnínge |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Durningen (Bas-Rhin).svg |
Arrondissement: | Saverne |
Canton: | Bouxwiller |
Insee: | 67109 |
Postal Code: | 67270 |
Mayor: | Christine Blanchais[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Kochersberg |
Coordinates: | 48.6839°N 7.5681°W |
Elevation Min M: | 179 |
Elevation Max M: | 274 |
Area Km2: | 4.02 |
Durningen (pronounced as /fr/; Dürningen in German; Dírnínge in Alsatian) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.[2]
It is the highest-situated commune in the Kochersberg natural region.
The name is first recorded in 724 as Deorangus, subsequently as Teuringas (742), Thurinca (787), Thuringen (1276), and finally Turningen / Durningen (1371).
In the Middle Ages, Durningen was part of the domain of Hanau-Lichtenberg and belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg.