Frœschwiller Explained

Frœschwiller
Native Name:	Freschwiller
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Froeschwiller (Bas-Rhin).svg
Arrondissement:	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton:	Reichshoffen
Insee:	67147
Postal Code:	67360
Mayor:	Marc Bastian^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Coordinates:	48.9444°N 7.7228°W
Elevation Min M:	188
Elevation Max M:	262
Area Km2:	5.75

Frœschwiller (pronounced as /fr/; ; gsw-FR|Freschwiller) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.^[2] Of note is Château de Frœschwiller.

The commune lies within the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.

Historical vignettes

• In 1552 the Protestant Reformation reached Frœschwiller when Kuno Eckbrecht of Dürckheim ordered the construction of the village's first church on the seigneurial lands.

• On 22 December 1793 republican troops under General Lazare Hoche defeated the Habsburg army under Field Marshal Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser in the Battle of Froeschwiller. This success helped to evict the Austrians from French territory.

• On 6 August 1870, as a result of the Battle of Frœschwiller-Wœrth, the two Alsatian départements (apart from the area that subsequently became the Territory of Belfort) as well as most of the Moselle département were lost. They would remain under German control until 1918.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/67147-fr-schwiller INSEE commune file