Soufflenheim

Soufflenheim (French pronunciation: [suflənaim];[3] Alsatian: Süfflùm), is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

The forested area of Northern Grand Est has seen the production of pottery since the Bronze Age.

Soufflenheim history of medieval and early modern period coincides with that of Haguenau the Forest of Hagenau.

At the time, Frederick I Barbarossa granted the local potters exploitation rights to the Clay Pit within the imperial hunting ground.

French is the official language of France, however Alsatian dialect is still spoken in Soufflenheim.

Heraldic Potters sign on the outside of a Soufflenheim building