Frœschwiller

Frœschwiller
Frœschwiller
Location within Alsace region  Frœschwiller
Administration
Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Wissembourg
Canton	Wœrth
Mayor	Jean Muller (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	188–262 m (617–860 ft)
Land area1	5.75 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population2	531  (2006)
- Density	92 /km2 (240 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67147/ 67360
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Frœschwiller (German: Fröschweiler) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

The commune lies within the North Vosges regional natural 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 fought a battle here against the Austrian army under Field Marshal Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser and succeeded in evicting 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

References

• INSEE commune file