Retzwiller
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Altkirch | |
| Canton | Masevaux | |
| Community association | Sud Alsace Largue | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 38 ' N , 7 ° 6' E | |
| height | 302-392 m | |
| surface | 4.10 km 2 | |
| Residents | 709 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 173 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68210 | |
| INSEE code | 68268 | |
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Retzwiller (German Retzweiler ) is a French commune with 709 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Altkirch , the canton Masevaux and is a member of the community association Sud Alsace Largue .
geography
The municipality of Retzwiller is located in the Burgundian Gate , between Altkirch and Belfort . The Rhine-Rhône Canal runs through the municipality and overcomes the watershed between the Rhine and the Rhone by means of a staircase of locks .
Neighboring communities
The neighboring communities of Retzwiller are Elbach in the north, Wolfersdorf in the northeast, Dannemarie in the east, Manspach in the south, Romagny in the southwest and Valdieu-Lutran in the west.
history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Retzwiller belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Altkirch district in the Upper Alsace district .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 599 | 607 | 655 | 512 | 538 | 538 | 583 | 650 | 709 |
Culture and sights
The chocolate factory in Retzwiller is the southern starting point of the Franco-German Chocolate Route (“La Route du Chocolat et des Douceurs d'Alsace”), which leads to Bad Bergzabern with around 40 stops via Colmar , Strasbourg and Kehl , Zabern and Haguenau .
West side of the Church of St. Antonius 
Southeast side of the church 
Retzwiller School
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 323-324.
