Wintzenheim

Wintzenheim

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Wintzenheim

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 agglomération de Colmar
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Serge Nicole
Area1 18.97 km2 (7.32 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 7,879
  Density 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Wintzenheim (German: Winzenheim, Alsatian: Winzene) 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 8000 inhabitants to the west of Colmar.

Colmar is a town which receives very little rain because it benefits from a microclimate (called the micro-climat des Trois-Épis) 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.

History

Until the French Revolution, Wintzenheim was a dependence 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.

Twin town

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