Hunspach

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Hunspach
Coat of arms of Hunspach
Hunspach (France)
Hunspach
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton Wissembourg
Community association Pays de Wissembourg
Coordinates 48 ° 57 '  N , 7 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 57 '  N , 7 ° 57'  E
height 138-207 m
surface 5.49 km 2
Residents 637 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 116 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67250
INSEE code

Half-timbered houses in Hunspach

Hunspach is a French commune with 637 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region ( Alsace until 2015 ).

In the Alsace commune located hotel is nine kilometers south of Wissembourg in Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord , the French part of the Biosphere Reserve Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord and the Association was beautiful villages Les plus de France in the series of the most beautiful villages in France added .

coat of arms

Description of coat of arms : Divided and half-split; Above gold with blue-tongued and blue- armed growing red lions from the division and below gold and blue with a gold star .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2005 2017
Residents 627 636 600 573 615 671 684 637

Attractions

Protestant Church Hunspach ( EPRAL )

The architectural unit of Hunspach is in remarkably good condition, half-timbered houses painted white characterize the picture. The open courtyards provide a view of the center of the property.

Personalities

  • Hans Rott (1876–1942), German art historian

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1269-1270.

Web links

Commons : Hunspach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hunspach in Les plus Beaux Villages de France in French