Wintzenheim

Wintzenheim
Commune
The town hall in Wintzenheim
Coat of arms
show Location of Wintzenheim Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap
Wintzenheim Wintzenheim Show map of FranceShow map of Grand EstShow all
Coordinates: 48°04′26″N 7°17′26″E / 48.0739°N 7.2906°E / 48.0739; 7.2906Coordinates: 48°04′26″N 7°17′26″E / 48.0739°N 7.2906°E / 48.0739; 7.2906
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Wintzenheim
Intercommunality	Colmar Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Serge Nicole
Area 1	18.97 km2 (7.32 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	7,642
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68374 /68920
Elevation	202–827 m (663–2,713 ft) (avg. 230 m or 750 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wintzenheim (French pronunciation: [vintsənaim] (listen); German: Winzenheim) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Its inhabitants are called Wintzenheimois.

Geography[]

Wintzenheim is a town of 7535^[2] inhabitants to the west of Colmar in the Haut-Rhin departement of France.

Colmar is a town which receives very little rain because it benefits from a microclimate (called the micro-climat des  [fr]) due to the effect of a vortex propagated by the Munster valley with winds from the south-west to west. Situated only 3 km from Colmar, Wintzenheim benefits from this micro-climate.

Gallery[]

• 

  Townhall in the street

• 

  Chapel: chapelle Nôtre Dame

• 

  View to a street: Rue Clemenceau

• 

  View to a street: Rue Clemenceau

History[]

Until the French Revolution, Wintzenheim was a dependency of the Lords of Hohlandsbourg. It was administered by the Ribeaupierre family and later by the Counts of Lupfen and, in the 16th century, by Lazarus von Schwendi (also known as Lazare de Schwendi). Louvois rewarded general Joseph de Montclar with this fief in 1680.

Population[]

Twin town[]

• Möhnesee in Germany

Sites and monuments[]

• Château du Hohlandsbourg
• Château du Pflixbourg
• La Chapelle Herzog : the sculptures of this neo-gothic chapel are listed as monuments historiques by the French Ministry of Culture.

People[]

• Tomi Ungerer (1931 - ), illustrator best known for his erotic and political illustrations as well as children's books, stayed in Wintzenheim during his childhood. A community hall today bears his name.

See also[]

• Communes of the Haut-Rhin department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wintzenheim.

• Official website of the Mairie
• Site dedicated to Wintzenheim and its history
• Wintzenheim on the IGN website^{[dead link]}
• Wintzenheim on the INSEE website

This Haut-Rhin geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t