Weckolsheim

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Weckolsheim
Weckolsheim coat of arms
Weckolsheim (France)
Weckolsheim
region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton Ensisheim
Community association Pays Rhin-Brisach
Coordinates 48 ° 0 ′  N , 7 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′  N , 7 ° 31 ′  E
height 194-201 m
surface 6.93 km 2
Residents 665 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 96 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 68600
INSEE code
Website http://www.weckolsheim.fr/

Weckolsheim is a French commune with 665 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ) and is located southwest of Neuf-Brisach in the canton of Ensisheim . It belongs to the Pays Rhin-Brisach community association.

geography

Weckolsheim lies in the fertile Upper Rhine Plain between the Rhine in the east and the Vosges in the west. In the east the Canal Vauban runs past Weckolsheim.

Neighboring communities are Wolfgantzen in the north, Volgelsheim in the northeast , Algolsheim in the east, Obersaasheim in the southeast , Dessenheim in the southwest and Hettenschlag in the west . The sub-prefecture of Colmar is located about 17 kilometers northwest.

history

Weckolsheim was probably already settled at the time of the Merovingians. In the course of history, the place belonged to the Murbach Monastery , the House of Habsburg and then the Lords of Rappoltstein , where it stayed until the French Revolution .

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Weckolsheim belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Colmar district in the Upper Alsace district .

Population development

year 1910 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 272 168 184 179 197 232 362 567 628
Source: Municipal directory, Cassini and INSEE
St. Sebastian Church
Mairie Weckolsheim

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , p. 948.

See also

Web links

Commons : Weckolsheim  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 1910: Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 - Colmar district