Wissembourg ( German Weißenburg in , Wisseburi in southernmost Francique) is a common French, located in the department of the the Low-Rhine and the area Alsace. Its inhabitants is called Wissembourgeois.

Geography

Wissembourg is located at the north of the Alsace, with the north-eastern point of the France. It is at the border with the Germany, more precisely the State of the Rhineland-Palatinat. The commune is crossed by the Lauter, affluent left of the the Rhine, which takes its source in Germany.

The western part of the communal round of applause of Wissembourg belongs to the Regional natural park of the Vosges of North. The city is, in addition, city-carries park.

Variations and localities

• Altenstadt, a village with whole share of 1300 inhabitants and which amalgamated with Wissembourg since 1974.
• Geisberg
• Geitershof
• Weiler
• Welschdorf

History

The Abbaye Saint-Pierre-and-Paul is founded on the site at the 7th century by the Saint Pirmin on an island of the Lauter. It rises soon with the head of a vast domain of more than 200 km ², and grows rich at the point to become the richest abbey of Alsace and to obtain the row of principality in 974.

The 11th century is marked by the construction of a Romance church , of which there remains the Clocher - Beffroi. The 12th century and 13th centuries see the birth of a village around the abbey which extends quickly and seeks with émanciper supervision of the Abbaye, which causes many conflicts.

The city obtains to have members with the council and then reached its apogee. Its richness comes to him from the production of cloths, wines and sweet chestnuts. At the 14th century, Wissembourg accentuates its independence with respect to the abbey, and the city becomes member of the Décapole in 1354. Its leaders then refuse to lend allegiance to the new abbot. These various conflicts lead to the 15th century with the destruction of the city by the Count Palatine, combined abbey.

From 1485 to 1503 Jean de Dratt tyrannized the inhabitants of Wissembourg. It is at the origin of the legend of Hans Trapp.

At the 16th century, the Réforme makes its appearance in the city and is a great success. Arrive then a dark period: revolt of the peasants, War Thirty Year old and passages of the multiple armies. Wissembourg, with the remainder of the Alsace, becomes French in 1648 by the Traités of Westphalia, but it does not remain to him any more whereas 140 inhabitants. Stanislas Leszczyński remains there a certain time during its exile. With the Révolution the Moine S are expelled and the goods of the Abbaye are sold.

The Bataille of Wissembourg, which was the first of the battles of the war of 1870, takes place on the heights in the south of the city, on the Geisberg . At the conclusion of the war and defeat of the France, Alsace and the city become German. The city recovers a certain prosperity, and its history follows that since then of the remainder of the Alsace.

Economy

Famous characters

• the monk Otfried de Wissembourg
• Jean-Gotthard Grimmer, (1749-1820), Pasteur with Wissembourg then appointed with national Convention the 10 ventôse year III (February 28th, 1795) to replace Philibert Simond.
• Louis Moll, agronomist born in Wissembourg in 1809 and deceased in 1880.
• Joseph Guerber, writer and Appointed protester, born in Wissembourg in 1824 and deceased in 1909.
• Stanislas Leszczyński, king of Poland of 1704 with 1709, was exiled in Wissembourg and lived there of 1719 with 1725. The college of the city bears its name today.
• Charles de Foucauld, explorer and monk, habitat a few years of its childhood with Wissembourg.
• Auguste Dreyfus, large financier and French businessman.

Tourist monuments and places

• Saint-Pierre-and-Paul Church, old abbey and last vestige of an abbey of the 13th century. One found there the Christ of Wissembourg, older figurative Vitrail known, exposed to the Musée of Work Notre-Dame to Strasbourg. This church is the second larger building of Gothic style original in Alsace after the Cathédrale Notre-Dame of Strasbourg
• Église Midsummer's Day, where the Réforme was preached by Martin Bucer in 1522 (Romance bell-tower of the 13th century).
• Saint-Ulrich Church, located at Altenstadt (In the East of Wissembourg). It dates from the XI {{E}} and 12th century.
• House of Salt, building which was used for the collection of the Gabelle
• the intersection of the parallel 49e northern and of the 8th Méridien in the east of Greenwich is on the territory of the commune (see also the Degree Junction Project ).

Administration

Demography

See too

• Common of the Low-Rhine
• Forest of Mundat
• International festival of music of Wissembourg
• Andreas Cellarius (theologist)

External bonds

• Wissembourg on the site of the national geographical Institute
• Wissembourg on the site of INSEE
• Wissembourg on the site of Quid
• Battle of Wissembourg
• Localization of Wissembourg on a chart of France and communes bordering
• Plane of Wissembourg on Mapquest
• Visit in photographs of Wissembourg
• the site on abbey on Wissembourg
• the site of Handball Club Wissembourg
• the site of the International festival of Music of Wissembourg