Witternheim

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Witternheim
Witternheim coat of arms
Witternheim (France)
Witternheim
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein
Canton First stone
Community association Canton d'Erstein
Coordinates 48 ° 19 ′  N , 7 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′  N , 7 ° 37 ′  E
height 159-163 m
surface 4.99 km 2
Residents 507 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 102 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67230
INSEE code

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Witternheim is a French commune with 507 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).

history

The settlement already existed in the Bronze Age . Earlier place names were "Wilderceldenheim" in the 12th century and later "Witterheim". The noble families Rathsamhausen from Ehnwihr, a current district of Sessenheim , and Mueg from Boofzheim , were based in Witterheim .

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

Development of the population
1910 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2005 2010 2012
390 340 316 274 353 386 382 497 510 517

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , p. 111.

Web links

Commons : Witternheim  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. cassini.ehess.fr
  2. Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Erstein district