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Arrondissement Of Wissembourg
The arrondissement of Wissembourg is a former arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Alsace region. In 2015 it was merged into the new arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg The arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg (french: Arrondissement de Hanguenau-Wissembourg; gsw-FR, Arrondissement Hàwenau-Waisseburch) is an arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. It has 141 communes. Its .... It had 68 communes, and its population was 68,299 (2012).Populations légales 2012: 67 Bas-Rhin INSEE Composition The communes of the arro ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wissembourg
Wissembourg (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Weisseburch'' ; German: ''Weißenburg'' ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is situated on the little river Lauter (Rhine), Lauter close to the border between France and Germany approximately north of Strasbourg and west of Karlsruhe. Wissembourg was a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the department until 2015. The name ''Wissembourg'' is a French language, Gallicized version of ''Weißenburg (Weissenburg)'' in German language, German meaning "white castle". The Latin place-name, sometimes used in ecclesiastical sources, is ''Sebusium''. The town was annexed by France after Peace of Westphalia, 1648 but then incorporated into German empire, Germany in Treaty of Frankfurt (1871), 1871. It was returned to France in Treaty of Versailles, 1919, but reincorporated back into Nazi Germany, Germany in Battle of France, 1940. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crœttwiller
Crœttwiller (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Bas-Rhin {{BasRhin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunspach
Hunspach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. In 2020 it was voted the «Village préféré des Français» (France's favourite village). Geography The commune lies a short distance to the south of Wissembourg within the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. Sights The village is a member of the ''Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'' ("The most beautiful villages of France") association. Hunspach has retained much of its traditional architecture. The houses are white and in the Alsatian half timbered style. Open central yards offer glimpses of the working farms within. Photo gallery Hunspach-310-Rue Principale 66-gje.jpg Hunspach-Mairie-08-gje.jpg Hunspach-protestantische Kirche-06-gje.jpg Hunspach-protestantische Kirche-26-Altar-Orgel-gje.jpg Hunspach-protestantische Kirche-28-Orgel-Blasebalg-gje.jpg Hunspach-570-Rue des Moutons 12-gje.jpg Hunspach-520-Rue de l'Ange-gje.jpg See also * Ouvrage Schoenenbourg * Communes of the Bas-R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoffen
Hoffen (; gsw-als, Hoffe) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. On 1 January 1975 the commune merged with those of Hermerswiller and Leiterswiller. Geography The village is within easy walking distance of departmental road RD 263 which links Wissembourg and Haguenau as well as the local railway line following the same route. History The village first appears in surviving records in 1052 as Hoffen. Hof is a Germanic word denoting a farm, a homestead or a settlement. The village coat of arms comes from the Trautwein family who founded Hof: the family died out in 1664. The story of Hof has been a turbulent one. In the fourteenth century there were two settlements: Hoven comprised a dozen farms and Buren just four houses. These were the property of "St Peter the Younger" in Strasbourg. However, in 1450 the villages were surrendered to the lords of Hohenbourg and Fleckenstein. Then from the end of the fifteenth century poss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hegeney
Hegeney (also spelled ''Hégeney'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography Hégeney is positioned to the north of Haguenau approximately halfway to Wœrth along the departmental road RD27. The landscape is of gently rolling hills, with the topography becoming more uneven towards the Vosges Mountains some twenty kilometres (twelve miles) to the west, and the land becoming eventually a little flatter towards the River Rhine some twenty kilometres (twelve miles) to the east. To the south and south-west Hégeney is bordered by the little River Eberbach, a tributary of the Sauer. History The earliest archaeological find here is a large Bronze Age axe, weighing half a kilogramme (one pound). Found at the edge of the commune, it is now on display at a museum in Haguenau. Coins and other artefacts from the second and third centuries have also been found at the adjacent hamlet known as Wasserrut, beside the known route of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatten, Bas-Rhin
Hatten (; gsw-FR, Hàtte) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, some fifteen kilometres (nine miles) to the south of Wissembourg. Geography Positioned at the northern edge of the Forest of Hagenau, the village is on the edge of the Alsace Plain, although the agricultural landscape surrounding this village and its immediate neighbors is one of rolling hills. History Second World War In 1939, because Hatten was on the Maginot Line, the authorities had arranged for the town's 1,500 inhabitants to be evacuated to Châteauponsac in the Limousin region, six hundred kilometers to the southwest. Evacuees had been restricted to one suitcase per person, and so were obliged to leave behind most of their possessions. However, after July 1940, the village had survived the invasion of France undamaged; therefore, the residents were able to return to Hatten, since the whole of Alsace had then reverted to its pre-1919 status as a part of Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunstett
Gunstett is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography The village is positioned slightly to the east of the Departmental Road RD27, a short distance north of Haguenau. The surrounding countryside is dominated by arable agriculture: the soil type is alluvial, reflecting the proximity of the river Rhine to the east. Neighbouring villages are Oberdorf to the north, Biblisheim to the south-east, Durrenbach to the south, Morsbronn-les-Bains to the south-south-west and the formerly independent commune of Eberbach-Woerth to the West. Points of interest *The Pear Conservation Orchard comprises 300 trees of 250 different varieties. *St Michael's Church contains an organ built in 1857 by Seltz organ builder Joseph Stiehr. *Public wash house. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gœrsdorf
Gœrsdorf () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The commune merged with Mitschdorf at the start of 1973. Gœrsdorf is part of the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. Notable people Author and priest Joseph Kuntz was born at Gœrsdorf on 25 July 1850: he died on 7 January 1892. Between those dates he founded the journal "l'Elsässer" with his sponsor, Abbot Muller-Simonis. (The German language name of the journal recalls the fact that between 1871 and 1918 Alsace was part of Germany). See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frœschwiller
Frœschwiller (; ; gsw-FR, Freschwiller) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Of note is Château de Frœschwiller. The commune lies within the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. Historical vignettes :* In 1552 the Protestant Reformation reached Frœschwiller when Kuno Eckbrecht of Dürckheim ordered the construction of the village's first church on the seigneurial lands. :* On 22 December 1793 republican troops under General Lazare Hoche defeated the Habsburg army under Field Marshal Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser in the Battle of Froeschwiller. This success helped to evict the Austrians from French territory. :* On 6 August 1870, as a result of the Battle of Frœschwiller-Wœrth, the two Alsatian départements (apart from the area that subsequently became the Territory of Belfort) as well as most of the Moselle département were lost. They would remain under German control until 1918. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forstheim
Forstheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. To the south and southwest the village is flanked by a wood. Otherwise, Forstheim is surrounded by arable farmland. Between 1962 and 2006 the registered population rose from 487 to 539. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Bas-Rhin {{BasRhin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eschbach, Bas-Rhin
Eschbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Bas-Rhin {{BasRhin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberbach-Seltz
Eberbach-Seltz is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{BasRhin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
