Hengwiller

Hengwiller is a common French, located in the department of the the Low-Rhine and the area Alsace.

Geography

Hengwiller is located at the foot of the the Vosges, not far from Reutenburgerkopf (586 m), in the south-west of Marmoutier. It close communes to Dimbsthal and Salenthal in the North-East, to Birkenwald in south-east, Obersteigen in south-west and Reinhardsmunster in the North-West.

Crossed by the secondary road 117 which serves Dimbsthal in the east and Rheinhardsmunster in the west, the commune is to 5 km of RN 4.

The communal round of applause with the shape of a south-western/north-eastern rectangle directed of a width of 2,2 km towards 1,2 km, bordered in north by Dorrenbach which is thrown, via Mosselbach, in the Zorn on the level of Dettwiller, and in the North-East by the hill of Tannenberg. The village is at an average altitude of 290 Mr.

The landscape is primarily made up of meadows and orchards which account for 80% of the territory.

History

Administration

Demography

provisional population for 2005: 174

Places and monuments

church Saint Joseph (1824)
fountain

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Low-Rhine
Engwiller, commune of the Canton of Niederbronn-the-Baths in the north of the the Low-Rhine
Ingwiller, commune of the Canton of Bouxwiller

External bonds

Hengwiller on the site of the national geographical Institute
Hengwiller on the site of INSEE
Hengwiller on the site of Quid
Localization of Hengwiller on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Hengwiller on Mapquest

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