Natzwiller

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Natzwiller
Coat of arms of Natzwiller
Natzwiller (France)
Natzwiller
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Molsheim
Canton Dirty
Community association Vallée de la Bruche
Coordinates 48 ° 26 '  N , 7 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '  N , 7 ° 15'  E
height 379–1,013 m
surface 7.29 km 2
Residents 542 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 74 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67130
INSEE code 67314

Mairie Natzwiller

Natzwiller (German: Natzweiler ) is a French commune with 542 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) with the character of a scattered settlement in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ) in the Vosges . The valley, a side valley of the Bruche valley , is called Vallée de la Rothaine .

history

During the Second World War , Natzwiller was the location of the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp . Remains of this only concentration camp located in France are still in existence today.

  • Cityscape

  • Saint-Genès church

  • Rothaine valley with factory buildings for the textile industry

  • Entrance of the Struthof concentration camp

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 763 776 702 658 634 624 599 542

See also

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1183-1184.

Web links

Commons : Natzwiller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Natzwiller on the INSEE website