Frœschwiller

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Frœschwiller Freschwiller
Commune
The town hall in Frœschwiller
Coat of arms
Location of Frœschwiller
(2020–2026)		Marc Bastian^[1]
Area ¹	5.75 km² (2.22 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	495
• Density	86/km² (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67147 /67360
Elevation	188–262 m (617–860 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Frœschwiller (French pronunciation: [fʁœʃvilɛʁ] ^ⓘ; German: Fröschweiler; Alsatian: Freschwiller) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.^[3] 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.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file