Orschwiller
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein | |
| Canton | Sélestat | |
| Community association | Sélestat | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 14 ' N , 7 ° 23' E | |
| height | 172-714 m | |
| surface | 6.32 km 2 | |
| Residents | 603 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 95 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67600 | |
| INSEE code | 67362 | |
 View of town in front of the Hohkönigsburg |
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Orschwiller (German Orschweiler ) is a French commune with 603 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It is located in the agglomeration between Sélestat (German Schlettstadt ) and Ribeauvillé ( Rappoltsweiler ) and belongs to the Communauté de communes de Sélestat . The Hohkönigsburg lies above the village .
The municipal administration is housed in a half-timbered house, of which there are many in Orschwiller. Outside the populated area is the Saint-Maurice church , which is also claimed by the neighboring parish of Saint-Hippolyte ( Sankt Pilt ). Other monuments are included in the relevant list .
Orschwiller is a wine village on the Alsace Wine Route . Its Praelatenberg vineyard, which partially belongs to the neighboring village of Kintzheim ( Kinzheim ), is an Alsace Grand Cru location.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 500 | 513 | 494 | 605 | 562 | 535 | 564 | 633 |
Mairie Orschwiller
Entrance of Kintzheim from
House from 1726
House from 1793
Outside the church of St. Maurice
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1209-1211.
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