Gertwiller

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Gertwiller
Gertwiller's coat of arms
Gertwiller (France)
Gertwiller
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein
Canton Obernai
Community association Pays de Barr
Coordinates 48 ° 25 ′  N , 7 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′  N , 7 ° 28 ′  E
height 165–245 m
surface 4.89 km 2
Residents 1,250 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 256 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67140
INSEE code

Mairie Gertwiller

Gertwiller (German Gertweiler ) is a French commune with 1250 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein and the Canton of Obernai .

geography

The municipality of Gertwiller is located on the Kirneck at the foot of the Vosges , immediately east of Barr , about 24 kilometers southwest of Strasbourg .

Neighboring communities of Gertwiller are Bourgheim in the northeast, Zellwiller in the southeast, Barr in the southwest and Heiligenstein in the northwest.

history

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Gertwiller belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Schlettstadt district in the Lower Alsace district .

Population development

year 1910 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 724 674 730 832 793 774 868 879 1296

Culture and sights

Gingerbread has been made in Gertwiller since the 18th century. Around 1900, eight to nine independent gingerbread manufacturers are said to have existed. Today there are still two factories, Fortwenger and Lips . The Musée du pain d'épices et de l'art populaire alsacien , the gingerbread and art museum, which they founded, also exhibits Frankenthal porcelain works by Paul, Joseph and Karl-Franz Hannong.

Markets and village festivals are held annually.

The frescos from the 14th century in the choir of the Evangelical Lutheran church "Saint-Barthélemy" are worth seeing .

economy

Main occupations in Gertwiller are viticulture and tourism. Located in the middle of the Alsatian wine-growing region , the Klevener de Heiligenstein variety is pressed here.

Personalities

  • The painters Charles Spindler (* 1865, † 1938) and Lucien Blumer (* 1871, † 1947)

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 64-66.

Web links

Commons : Gertwiller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 - Schlettstadt district