Wickerschwihr
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
| Canton | Colmar-2 | |
| Community association | Colmar agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 6 ′ N , 7 ° 26 ′ E | |
| height | 180-185 m | |
| surface | 2.25 km 2 | |
| Residents | 732 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 325 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68320 | |
| INSEE code | 68366 | |
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Wickerschwihr (German Wickerschweier ) is a French commune with 732 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé , to the canton of Colmar-2 .
geography
The municipality of Wickerschwihr is located seven kilometers northeast of Colmar .
history
The area around Wickerschwihr was settled very early. Finds from today's municipal area are shown in the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar. The oldest objects are assigned to the time around the year 450.
The now independent municipality was created in 1837 when it separated from the municipality of Holtzwihr .
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Wickerschwihr belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Colmar in the district of Upper Alsace .
On June 8, 1940, the village population had to be evacuated by the invasion of German troops. Wickerschwihr was liberated on January 27, 1945.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 194 | 211 | 306 | 395 | 691 | 610 | 747 | 732 |
partnership
Together with the neighboring communities of Bischwihr , Holtzwihr and Riedwihr , Wickerschwihr maintains partnerships with the German community of Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl .
Personalities
- Michael Felix Korum (1840–1921), Bishop of Trier from 1881 to 1921 .
Saint-Jacques church from 1862
Mairie Wickerschwihr
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 127-128.
