Hœnheim or Hoenheim (French pronunciation: [ønajm]; German: Hönheim; Alsatian: Heene) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
The historic center is on a ridge and overlooking the "Ried" (Zone of easily flooded meadows) of Ill.
This historical center gave the name to Hœnheim, the first mentions indicate the spelling Hohenheim, in other words residence on the hill.
Vestiges and reports raised on the ground attest the existence of a small group of dwellings near Hoenheim from the Neolithic age.
At the end of the 9th century, the village of Hœnheim was the property of the Benedictine monastery of Honau, created by the brother of Saint Odile.
Under the Holy Roman Empire, Hœnheim became the property of the diocese of Strasbourg, which allotted its land to knights or religious communities.
In the 16th century, the lords of Uttenheim, dismayed by the escapades of the clergy of this time, joined the Reformation and with them the inhabitants of Hoenheim.
In 1649, at the time of the treaty of Westphalia, putting an end to the war, Alsace returned to France and subsequent Catholicism.
The quarrel of succession ended in 1681 with the victory of the family Rathamhausen of Stein over the canons of the great chapter of Strasbourg.
In January 1814, the French troops were kept in Strasbourg by the attacks of the Cossacks who settled in Hoenheim, Bischheim and Schiltigheim.
Following Napoleon's return and defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the General Jean Rapp, having wind of intentions to annex Alsace and under the orders of Louis XVIII continued to fight on the Souffel, just north of Hoenheim.
The First World War, fought away from the Rhineland area did not cause any physical damage to Hoenheim, but resulted in the death of many men.
The inhabitants of Hoenheim, Bischheim and Schiltigheim are moved to the Bruche valley to join the evacuee centre of Niederhaslach.
The inhabitants of Hoenheim are divided in 5 communes of Haute-Vienne which they will leave only in August 1940 to return to Alsace annexed by the Germans.
On 27 May, 11 August and 25 September 1944 the bombardment of Strasbourg and its suburbs by the Allies: Junkers factories in Meinau, railway workshops of Bischheim and marshalling yard of Hausbergen are all attacked.
November 23 Strasbourg is released by the 2nd French Armoured Division of General Leclerc, who assigns the local FFI to liberate the suburbs.