Appenwihr
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Haut-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
Canton | Ensisheim | |
Community association | Pays Rhin-Brisach | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 2 ′ N , 7 ° 26 ′ E | |
height | 191-197 m | |
surface | 7.72 km 2 | |
Residents | 579 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 75 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 68280 | |
INSEE code | 68008 | |
Mairie and Appenwihr School |
Appenwihr (German Appenweier ) is a French commune with 579 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Pays Rhin-Brisach community association.
geography
Appenwihr is located on the Hardt , a forest area in the center of the plain between Ill and Rhine , between the cities of Colmar (11 km northwest) and Neuf-Brisach (7.5 km east).
history
In the year 884 the place was mentioned for the first time in a deed of donation from Charlemagne . In the Thirty Years War the community was completely destroyed. In 1752 Appenwihr was destroyed again, this time due to a major fire.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Appenwihr belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Colmar district in the Upper Alsace district . After being bombed and destroyed again, Appenwihr was liberated by the American allies on February 5, 1945, three days after the capture of Colmar.
Population development
year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
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Residents | 238 | 173 | 183 | 228 | 376 | 417 | 443 | 446 | 596 |
Source: Municipal directory, Cassini and INSEE |
coat of arms
Description of the coat of arms : In silver, a black deer rod hovers over a lily of the valley with seven flowers and two leaves.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 911-912.