Hunawihr

Hunawihr
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 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
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 .