Wittersheim (Bas-Rhin)
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
| Canton | Haguenau | |
| Community association | Haguenau | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 47 ' N , 7 ° 39' E | |
| height | 158-230 m | |
| surface | 7.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 661 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 94 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67670 | |
| INSEE code | 67546 | |
Wittersheim is a French commune with 661 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region ( Alsace until 2015 ). It is located in the canton of Haguenau and belongs to the Haguenau-Wissembourg arrondissement .
geography
Wittersheim is located about ten kilometers west of Haguenau and 20 km north of Strasbourg in the Collines de Brumath ("Hill of Brumath ") on the edge of the Upper Rhine Plain .
The village is surrounded by the Rissbach in the east , the Duerrbachgraben and the Gebolsheimerbach in the west . It bears the name of the hamlet Gebolsheim, which belongs to the municipality of Wittersheim. Both streams are left tributaries of the Zorn .
Neighboring communities
Wittersheim borders in the north on Ohlungen , in the north-east on Berstheim , in the east on Hochstett , in the south on Mommenheim , in the west on Minversheim and in the north-west on Huttendorf .
history
Grave finds of Roman reliefs in Gebolsheim show that the area was already settled in antiquity.
Wittersheim was first mentioned in 742. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the Bailiwick of Hagenau and was an imperial village .
The place came to France with the Peace of Westphalia .
Religions
The majority of the population of Wittersheim is Catholic , but there was also a Jewish proportion of the population, which in 1807 was 22 percent. The Catholic-Jewish wash house from the 19th century is evidence of this .
Population development
| 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 418 | 414 | 444 | 443 | 503 |
Community partnerships
There is a partnership with Wittersheim in Saarland .
Attractions
The parish church of Saint-Ulrich from the 1760s is equipped with an organ from 1859. There are several field crosses in the area of the municipality , including the Red Cross from 1791 in Wittersheim and the Kohlwegkreutz from 1686 in Gebolsheim. The town hall of Wittersheim dates from the second quarter of the 19th century. In Gebolsheim there is a mill from the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century.
Parish Church of St. Ulrich
Ortisei spring with Catholic and Jewish lavoirs
Economy and Infrastructure
Wittersheim is predominantly agricultural . The pasture areas of the community are used for cattle and pigs.
Wittersheim is connected to Mommenheim by a department road, where there is a connection to the A4 Paris –Strasbourg autoroute , which coincides with the E25 European route .
Personalities
The Rabbi Alexander Nathan was born in 1729 in Wittersheim. Because of his origins, he took the surname Alsatian . He worked in Freudental from 1769 , where he died in 1816.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 490-493.
