Harskirchen Explained

Harskirchen
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Harskirchen 67.svg
Arrondissement:Saverne
Canton:Ingwiller
Intercommunality:CC Alsace Bossue
Insee:67183
Postal Code:67260
Mayor:Benoît Boyon[1]
Term:2022 - 2026
Coordinates:48.9336°N 7.0392°W
Elevation Min M:213
Elevation Max M:277
Area Km2:14.42

Harskirchen (in French pronounced as /aʁskiʁʃən/) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.[2]

Location

Harskirchen lies in the valley of the River Saar in the extreme northwest of the cultural and historical region of Alsace. The Canal des houillères de la Sarre, which connects the Canal de la Marne au Rhin in Gondrexange to the canalized Sarre in Sarreguemines, passes through the commune, west of the village centre.

Churches

Like many communities in French Alsace and the German upper Rhineland, Harskirhen has both a Lutheran and a Catholic church. The Lutheran church dates from the eighteenth century and is decorated in the Baroque style, while the nineteenth-century Catholic church is distinguished by its neo-Gothic tower.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/67183-harskirchen INSEE commune file