Horbourg-Wihr

Horbourg-Wihr
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Colmar-2
Community association	Colmar agglomeration
Coordinates	48 ° 5 ' N , 7 ° 24' E 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
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.