Frœschwiller

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Commune
The town hall in Frœschwiller
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°56′40″N 7°43′22″E / 48.9444°N 7.7228°E / 48.9444; 7.7228Coordinates: 48°56′40″N 7°43′22″E / 48.9444°N 7.7228°E / 48.9444; 7.7228
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Reichshoffen
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Bastian[1]
Area 1	5.75 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	500
• Density	87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67147 /67360
Elevation	188–262 m (617–860 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Frœschwiller (German: Fröschweiler) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Of note is Château de Frœschwiller.

The commune lies within the North Vosges regional natural park.

Historical vignettes[]

• In 1552 the Protestant Reformation reached Frœschwiller when Kuno Eckbrecht of Dürckheim ordered the construction of the village's first church on the seigneurial lands.

• On 22 December 1793 republican troops under General Lazare Hoche defeated the Habsburg army under Field Marshal Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser in the Battle of Froeschwiller. This success helped to evict the Austrians from French territory.

• On 6 August 1870, as a result of the Battle of Frœschwiller-Wœrth, the two Alsatian départements (apart from the area that subsequently became the Territory of Belfort) as well as most of the Moselle département were lost. They would remain under German control until 1918.

See also[]

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

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