Auenheim is located some 15 km east of Haguenau and 13 km north-east of Bischwiller. Access to the commune is by the road D468 from Rœschwoog in the north-east which passes through the north of the commune and the village before continuing to Stattmatten in the south. The D463 branches off the D468 in the north of the commune and goes west to Rountzenheim. The TERStrasbourg-Lauterbourg railway passes through the village and there is a station in the commune which, however, appears to be disused. There is a belt of forest through the centre of the commune and a large forest in the south-east of the commune with substantial urbanisation in the north-west of the commune with the rest farmland. The Moder river comes from the south and passes through the south-west then the centre of the commune before forming half of the eastern border and continuing east to join the Rhine at Neuhaeusel. There is also a large reservoir in the north of the commune.
Neighbouring communes and villages
Toponymy
According to the Auen- was spelt Augenheim which in modern German would mean "of the eye" + -heim meaning "hamlet or village". The suffix -heim indicates a Frankish origin since before the first creation of villages by the Alemanni. -heim signified a "hamlet" or a group of houses in French from which came the Alemannic hüs from which comes haus which is "house" in German. In 1359 the village was called Oweheim and in 1596 it was Awenheim''.
In 2010 the commune had 872 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage
The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:
;Auenheim Blockhouse north: An isolated infantry Blockhouse, simple flank built in 1932. It housed an officer, a non-commissioned officer and 20 enlisted men.
Armament: one 37mm Cannon, 3 Reibel machine guns, 5 FM, 2 50 mm mortars, grenade launcher chutes.
History: From 1939 to 1940 the blockhouse was held by a detachment of the 68th Fortress Infantry Regiment who resisted German pressure until 1 July 1940, 6 days after the Armistice came into effect.
;Auenheim Blockhouse south: An isolated infantry Blockhouse, simple flank built in 1932. It housed an officer, a non-commissioned officer and 20 enlisted men.
Floor dimensions: 25x15 metres;
Height: 7.50 metres;
Thickness of structural work: 2 metres;
Exposed concrete slab: 2.25m thick walls;
Rear walls: 1 m thick.
Armament: one 37mm Cannon, 3 Reibel machine guns, 5 FM, 2 50 mm mortars, grenade launcher chutes.
History: From 1939 to 1940 the blockhouse was held by a detachment of the 68th Fortress Infantry Regiment who resisted German pressure until 1 July 1940, 6 days after the Armistice came into effect.
The commune has one religious site that is registered as a historical monument:
A CemeteryThe Cemetery contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
*The Movable Objects in the Cemetery
*The Tomb of Hélène Kuhry
Notable people linked to the commune
Henri Loux, born at Auenheim in 1873 and died at Strasbourg in 1907. An illustrator of the countryside and village scenes on a range of tableware called "Obernai".
