Wissembourg
Wissembourg (French pronunciation: [visɑ̃buʁ] ⓘ; South Franconian: Weisseburch [ˈvaɪsəbʊʁç]; German: Weißenburg [ˈvaɪsn̩bʊʁk] ⓘ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Wissembourg
Weißenburg | |
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A general view of Wissembourg | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Wissembourg | |
Wissembourg Wissembourg | |
| Coordinates: 49°02′N 7°57′E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg |
| Canton | Wissembourg |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Wissembourg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sandra Fischer-Junck |
| Area 1 | 48.18 km2 (18.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | 7,516 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67544 /67160 |
| Elevation | 133–527 m (436–1,729 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Wissembourg was a sub-prefecture of the department until 2015. The name Wissembourg is a Gallicized version of Weißenburg (Weissenburg) in German meaning "white castle". The Latin place-name, sometimes used in ecclesiastical sources, is Sebusium.
The town was annexed by France after 1648 but then incorporated into Germany in 1871. It was returned to France in 1919, but reincorporated back into Germany in 1940. After 1944 it again became French.
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