Ingersheim (Haut-Rhin)

Ingersheim
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Colmar-1
Community association	Colmar agglomeration
Coordinates	48 ° 6 ′ N , 7 ° 18 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ N , 7 ° 18 ′ E
height	196-326 m
surface	7.44 km 2
Residents	4,678 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	629 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68040
INSEE code	68155
Website	www.ville-ingersheim.fr
	; St. Bartholomew Church

Ingersheim is a French commune with 4678 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).

geography

The municipality of Ingersheim is five kilometers northwest of downtown Colmar . A bridge leads over the Fecht at 215 m , the Florimont hill, a very good vineyard location (Grand Cru), is 308 m high. The place is on the Alsace Wine Route .

history

Grave finds indicate a settlement that took place around 5000 years ago. The Romans introduced viticulture here. Today's Ingersheim was first mentioned in writing as Annghisheim in the 7th century . In the Middle Ages the place belonged to the sphere of influence of the Habsburgs . In the 16th century Lazarus von Schwendi had the lien over the place. In the course of the Peace of Westphalia , the place came to France in 1648 and was closely connected to Colmar until the French Revolution .

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Ingersheim 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 .