Hunawihr
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Haut-Rhin | |
Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
Canton | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | |
Community association | Pays de Ribeauvillé | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 11 ′ N , 7 ° 19 ′ E | |
height | 228-686 m | |
surface | 4.81 km 2 | |
Residents | 602 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 125 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 68150 | |
INSEE code | 68147 | |
![]() Hunawihr with its fortified church, surrounded by vineyards |
Hunawihr ( German Hunaweier ) is a French commune with 602 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 Pays de Ribeauvillé municipal association . Due to the intact townscape, Hunawihr was included in the list of the most beautiful villages in France .
geography
Hunawihr is located in the Upper Rhine Plain between Riquewihr and Ribeauvillé on the eastern slope of the Vosges in the midst of vineyards on the Alsace Wine Route ( Route des vins ). The best known vineyard is the Alsace Grand Cru Rosacker . The municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .
history
In the 7th century, today's Hunawihr was the seat of the Franconian tribal lord Huno, who is said to have settled on the site of a former Gallo-Roman villa. There is a legend about his wife Huna that she washed the clothes of the sick at the well below the church. Also, that in a year of poor harvest, she turned the well's water into wine. Her grave in the village church developed into a place of pilgrimage in the course of the Middle Ages . In 1520 Huna was canonized.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Hunawihr belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Rappoltsweiler in the district of Upper Alsace .
Population development
year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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Residents | 586 | 518 | 523 | 521 | 537 | 503 | 511 | 591 | 602 |
Source: Municipal directory, Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- In the small, castle-like Gothic church of St. Jakobus ( St. Jacques ) from the 14th century (renovated in the 16th century), the church space was expanded several times with the aim of creating a pilgrimage church. The lower floor of the massive church tower was decorated with frescoes , a late Gothic choir and a stone pulpit . The defensive wall from the 12th century offered the population protection from attacks. The church is a simultaneous church : Catholic and Protestant services take place in it. The church tower clock only has one hand: an hour hand decorated with grapes. The church has been classified as a Monument historique since 1929 .
- Also worth seeing are the town hall (1517) as well as some of the Renaissance winegrowers' houses and the Sankt Huna fountain.
- In the east of the municipality there is a stork park ( Parc des Cigognes ) and a butterfly park ( Parc des papillons ).
- The place was included in the list of the most beautiful villages in France due to the appearance of the place .
Web links
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 962-967.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hunawihr on Les plus Beaux Villages de France (French)
- ^ Association des Amis de l'Église Historique de Hunawihr: The fortified church of Hunawihr
- ^ Fontaine Sainte-Hune à Hunawihr
- ↑ 1910: Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 - Rappoltsweiler district