Wissembourg
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 49°02′N 7°57′E / 49.04°N 7.95°ECoordinates: 49°02′N 7°57′E / 49.04°N 7.95°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
| Canton | Wissembourg | |
| Intercommunality | Pays Wissembourg | |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Christian Gliech | |
| Area1 | 48.18 km2 (18.60 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014)2 | 7,738 | |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67544 /67160 | |
| Elevation | 133–527 m (436–1,729 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 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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| Imperial Abbey of Wissembourg | ||||||||||
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Reichsabtei Weißenburg (de) Abbaye impériale de Wissembourg (fr) |
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Imperial Abbey, then Imperial Free City, of the Holy Roman Empire |
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| Capital | Weißenburg (Wissembourg) | |||||||||
| Government | Theocracy | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages, Early modern | |||||||||
| • | Established | 7th century | ||||||||
| • | Raised to Imperial City | 1306 | ||||||||
| • | Joined Décapole | 1354 | ||||||||
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Décapole annexed by France |
1697 | ||||||||
| • | Joined Imperial Council of Princes |
1793 |
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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.
Wissembourg (French pronunciation: [visɑ̃buʁ]; South Franconian: Weisseburch, pronounced [ˈvaɪsəbʊʁç]; (German: 
Weißenburg )) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
It is situated on the little River Lauter close to the border between France and Germany approximately 60 km (37 mi) north of Strasbourg and 35 km (22 mi) west of Karlsruhe. Wissembourg is a sub-prefecture of the department. The name Wissembourg is a Gallicized version of Weißenburg (Weissenburg) in German meaning, "white castle".
Weissenburg (later Wissembourg) Abbey, the Benedictine abbey around which the town has grown, was founded in the 7th century, perhaps under the patronage of Dagobert I. The abbey was supported by vast territories. Of the 11th-century buildings constructed under the direction of Abbot Samuel, only the Schartenturm and some moats remain. The town was fortified in the 13th century. The abbey church of Saint-Pierre et Paul erected in the same century under the direction of Abbot Edelin was secularized in the French Revolution and despoiled of its treasures; in 1803 it became the parish church, resulting in the largest parish church of Alsace, only exceeded in size by the cathedral of Strasbourg. At the abbey in the late 9th century the monk Otfried composed a gospel harmony, the first substantial work of verse in German.
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