Gingsheim (; Alsatian: ''Gìngse'') is a former commune in the
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in north-eastern
France
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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune
Wingersheim-les-Quatre-Bans
Wingersheim-les-Quatre-Bans is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of northeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Gingsheim, Hohatzenheim, Mittelhausen and Wingersheim.< ...
Gingsheim is positioned between Duntzenheim to the east and Hohatzenheim to the west.
The countryside is gently hilly and is used for agriculture
Population
Points of interest
Altar-piece: Oil painting (1897) of
St Nicholas
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