Horbourg-Wihr
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Haut-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
Canton | Colmar-2 | |
Community association | Colmar agglomeration | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 5 ' N , 7 ° 24' E | |
height | 182-190 m | |
surface | 9.42 km 2 | |
Residents | 5,967 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 633 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 68180 | |
INSEE code | 68145 | |
Mairie Horbourg-Wihr |
Horbourg-Wihr ( German Horburg-Weier , Alsatian Horwrig-Wihr ) is a French commune with 5967 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the canton of Colmar-2 in the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé . It, located in Alsace, is about three kilometers east of the city center of Colmar , separated from it by the Ill and the Autoroute A35 ( L 'Alsacienne ).
The municipality was created on January 1, 1973 through the merger of the municipalities of Horbourg and Wihr-en-Plaine (German Weier auf'm Land , Alsatian Wihr uf dem Land ).
history
The County of Horburg , named after the capital, came to the Counts of Württemberg in 1324 and, like the County of Montbéliard and Reichenweier, belonged to the property on the left bank of the Rhine. During the Reformation, the Dukes of Württemberg introduced the Reformation , so that the area became Lutheran. The following places belonged to the county of Horburg: Algolsheim; Andolsheim; Appenweier; Bischweier; Droughts; Progressive; Horburg; Munzenheim; Sundhofen; Volgelsheim; Wolfgangen.
In Horburg there was a castle of the Dukes of Württemberg, which however was completely destroyed; only one portal can still be seen at today's town hall.
The county of Horburg had been under French sovereignty since 1748 and was ceded to France in 1793 along with the other possessions on the left bank of the Rhine.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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Residents | 1654 | 2057 | 2720 | 4209 | 4518 | 5060 | 5011 | 5967 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Simultaneous church
In Wihr-en-Plaine, there is the Catholic-Lutheran simultaneous church of Saint-Michel from the 12th century with wall paintings from the 16th century.
Personalities
- Emil Issler (1872–1952), botanist and pioneer of plant sociology
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 105-112.