Weyersheim
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
| Canton | Brumath | |
| Community association | Basse anger | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 43 ' N , 7 ° 48' E | |
| height | 124-158 m | |
| surface | 18.89 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,356 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 178 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67720 | |
| INSEE code | 67529 | |
 Mairie Weyersheim |
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Weyersheim is a French commune with 3,356 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). On January 1, 2015, Weyersheim moved from the Arrondissement Strasbourg-Campagne to the Arrondissement Haguenau-Wissembourg .
geography
Weyersheim is located 15 kilometers northeast of Strasbourg on the Zorn .
The neighboring communities clockwise are Gries in the north, Bischwiller in the east, Gambsheim in the south-east, Kilstett in the south, Hœrdt in the south-west, Bietlenheim in the west and Kurtzenhouse in the north-west.
history
Weyersheim was first mentioned in 774 in a deed of donation in favor of the Weißenburg monastery .
During the Thirty Years War , the place was almost completely destroyed twice. Only one house, the Kleenderfel , which is considered to be one of the oldest preserved half-timbered houses in Alsace, remained intact.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 275 | 2456 | 2812 | 2758 | 2817 | 2992 | 3182 | 3356 |
politics
Weyersheim is a member of the Communauté de communes de la Basse Zorn .
A formal town partnership with Rot am See has existed since 2000 . Informal contacts go back to the 1980s.
Attractions
The classical church of Saint-Michel was built from 1784 under Salins de Montfort . It is equipped with an organ from 1877 and has been entered in the Inventaire Supplémentaire des Monuments Historiques since 1930 .
St. Michael Church
Altar of St. Michael Church
Organ of the Church of St. Michael
traffic
Weyersheim is accessible via the Vendenheim – Wissembourg railway and the D 37 Départementsstrasse.
Personalities
- Amandus Acker (1848–1923), missionary and colonial pioneer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 299-303.
