Wingersheim

Wingersheim
Part of Wingersheim-les-Quatre-Bans
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Wingersheim
Coat of arms
Location of Wingersheim
Wingersheim is located in France
Wingersheim
Wingersheim
Location within France
Wingersheim is located in Grand Est
Wingersheim
Wingersheim
Location within Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°43′23″N 7°38′12″E / 48.7231°N 7.6367°E / 48.7231; 7.6367
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentBas-Rhin
ArrondissementSaverne
CantonBouxwiller
CommuneWingersheim-les-Quatre-Bans
Area
1
8 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Highest elevation
256 m (840 ft)
Lowest elevation
144 m (472 ft)
Population
 (2021)
1,140
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
67170
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wingersheim (French pronunciation: [viŋ(ɡ)ərsaim]; Alsatian: Wìngersche) is a former commune in the Bas-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Wingersheim-les-Quatre-Bans.

Geography

Wingersheim lies on the Alsace plain, at the north-eastern edge of the Kochersberg, approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) north-west of Strasbourg.

Hydrography

The northern part of the former commune is crossed by the Marne–Rhine Canal and the Zorn.

History

The earliest known written reference to the village is from 1120, when its name was recorded as Winegresheim. Wingersheim was historically associated with viticulture. In 1257, Pope Alexander IV confirmed Hohenburg Abbey's ownership of vineyards in Wingersheim. Following the First World War, the local vineyards declined, and the village subsequently became an important centre of hop cultivation.

Landmarks

The Church of Saint Nicholas retains a medieval tower probably dating from the 13th or 14th century. The nave and chancel were rebuilt in 1768, with the earlier tower retained and converted into a sacristy. The church was blessed in 1768, consecrated in 1781, and listed as a French monument historique in 1984.

The church contains an organ installed in 1782 by the Lorraine organ builder Nicolas Tollay. It is the only organ built by Tollay known to survive in Alsace.

The former synagogue was built in 1875, replacing an earlier synagogue.

The village's Hop Discovery Trail is a marked 4.5-kilometre (2.8 mi) walking route through the surrounding hop fields. It passes the Holy Year Cross, erected in 1950 and restored in 2009, on the Reinhardsberg above the village.

Notable people

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20061,126—    
20111,189+1.09%
20211,140−0.42%
Source: INSEE

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
  2. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Wingersheim, EHESS (in French).
  3. ↑ Arrêté 21 December 2015 (in French)
  4. 1 2 "La Commune". Wingersheim les Quatre Bans (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  5. ↑ PLU Wingersheim zonage 5000 – plan d'ensemble (PDF) (Map). 1:5,000 (in French). Commune of Wingersheim les Quatre Bans. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Église paroissiale Saint-Nicolas". POP: la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (in French). French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Orgue". POP: la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (in French). French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Synagogue". POP: la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (in French). French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Sentier de Découverte du Houblon". Wingersheim les Quatre Bans (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  10. ↑ Lesprit, Bruno (26 August 2005). "Alain Bashung : "L'invention du rock'n'roll, c'était la bombe atomique"". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  11. ↑ Populations légales 2011, INSEE