Ostwald, Bas-Rhin
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 48°32′33″N 7°42′37″E / 48.5425°N 7.7103°ECoordinates: 48°32′33″N 7°42′37″E / 48.5425°N 7.7103°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Strasbourg | |
| Canton | Illkirch-Graffenstaden | |
| Intercommunality | Strasbourg Eurométropole | |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Danielle Meyer-Traber | |
| Area1 | 7.11 km2 (2.75 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 10,795 | |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67365 /67540 | |
| Elevation | 139–144 m (456–472 ft) (avg. 140 m or 460 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Ostwald (Alsatian: Oschwold) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
The ancient name of Ostwald, Wickersheim, is first attested on a map of the emperor Charles the Fat in 884. In the time of the emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, within the realm of the Holy Roman Empire, the Hohenstaufens built a castle by the Ill River. In 1285, the city was acquired by the Zorn family of Strasbourg and took the name of Illwickersheim, also sometimes called Sankt Ostwald after the name of a parish.
The plague of 1348 and mercenary raids in 1365 and 1376 decimated the population.
In 1418 the city of Strasbourg gained control of Illwickersheim; at the same time it acquired Illkirch-Graffenstaden.
The act of annexation of Alsace to the kingdom of France took place in Illkirch in 1681, after which Illwickersheim experienced a period of peace and prosperity, with the introduction of potato farming, which saw an increase in the city's area and population. A new name under the influence of Irish missionaries was Oswald, in honor of Oswald of Northumbria.
After the French Revolution the name settled on Ostwald, and during the 19th century the population doubled from 657 residents in 1806 to 1,290 in 1895. Ostwald became independent while it developed industry around the Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (S.A.C.M.), agriculture and services, such as the Colonie agricole, the name of a youth internment center.
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