Wintzenheim

Coat of arms

Wintzenheim

Location within Grand Est region

Wintzenheim

Coordinates: 48°04′26″N 7°17′26″E / 48.0739°N 7.2906°ECoordinates: 48°04′26″N 7°17′26″E / 48.0739°N 7.2906°E

Country

Wintzenheim

Colmar

Government

• Mayor (2014-2020)

Serge Nicole

Area¹

18.97 km² (7.32 sq mi)

Population (2014)²

7,536

• Density

400/km² (1,000/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.

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

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wintzenheim (German: Winzenheim) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Its inhabitants are called Wintzenheimois.

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.

Townhall in the street

Chapel: chapelle Nôtre Dame

View to a street: Rue Clemenceau

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.

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