Ammerschwihr

Ammerschwihr
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Community association	Vallée de Kaysersberg
Coordinates	48 ° 8 ' N , 7 ° 17' E Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ' N , 7 ° 17' E
height	193-882 m
surface	19.66 km 2
Residents	1,779 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	90 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68770
INSEE code	68005
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Ammerschwihr (German Ammerschweier ) is a French commune with 1779 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). She is a member of the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de Kaysersberg . The municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .

geography

The small Alsatian town of Ammerschwihr is located about nine kilometers northwest of Colmar on the western edge of the Upper Rhine Plain , on the eastern edge of the Vosges . A part of the pilgrimage and climatic health resort Trois-Épis (three ears of corn) lies on the territory of the municipality. This also includes the modern pilgrimage church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation .

history

Ammerschwihr was mentioned for the first time in 869 under the name Amarici Villare ( village of Amalrich ).

The village was elevated to a town in 1367 and fortified. It belonged to the front Austrian domination Landsberg in the 16th century Lazarus of Schwendi was that in 1568 by Emperor Maximilian II. Was elevated to the "Baron von Landsberg" (from 1572 "baron of Hohenlandenberg"). The town flourished under Lazarus. In 1634, during the Thirty Years War , the city was forced to place itself under the protection of the King of France. In 1648 he was given control of the place.

During the Second World War at the end of 1944, a large part of the buildings, which mainly originated from the 16th century, were destroyed in heavy fighting between German and American troops.

Ammerschwihr has belonged to the Lazarus-Schwendi-Städtebund, along with other Alsatian and German communities, since 1986 and is reminiscent of a particularly happy period in its history.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	1341	1405	1448	1566	1869	1892	1913	1779
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

economy

Viticulture plays a prominent role in Ammerschwihr . The single site Kaefferkopf has been an Alsace Grand Cru site since 2007 . Therefore, the place is also on the Alsace Wine Route .

Attractions

The 16th century church of St. Martin has a steeple that was rebuilt in 1910 in neo-Gothic style.

Some buildings from the medieval fortifications are still preserved: parts of the city wall, the upper gate , the citizen tower and the rogue tower ( Tour des fripons ) from the 16th century; this once served as a prison.

German military cemetery in the Trois-Épis district

The Château de Meywihr is a ruined castle from the 10th century. The castle is on private property and has been listed as a Monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1965 .