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Population:
- 1789: 316
- 1851: 572
- 1905: 362
- 1936: 260
- 1990: 242
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 68130 Wahlbach
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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Latin: Walaum, Walahon
Population:
- 1792: 195
- 1851: 252
- 1905: 274
- 1936: 237
- 1990: 368
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1790: 388
- 1851: 616
- 1905: 484
- 1936: 521
- 1990: 759
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 place de la Mairie, 68230 Walbach
- Bibliography:
- Walbach à travers les âges, by Étienne Better ([Walbach : Commune de Walbach], 1997; originally published Guebwiller: Alsatia, 1978)
- Canton de Wintzenheim, Haut-Rhin, by Marie-Philippe Scheurer, photographs by Claude Menninger (Strasbourg: Imag'in l'édition, 2000), ISBN 2913302149, no. 3 in the series Patrimoine d'Alsace, published as part of the Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France
- Web resources:
Walbach information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/colmar/wintzenheim/walbach/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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Latin: S. Walpurgis
German: Walburg
Population:
- 1792: 506
- 1851: 558
- 1905: 549
- 1936: 540
- 1990: 707
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 48 Grand'Rue, 67360 Walbourg
- Bibliography:
- Vom alten St. Walburg zum heutigen Walbourg (1074-1958), verbunden mit einem geschichtlichen Rückblick über Hinterfeld, Biblisheim, Durrenbach und Laubach, by Aloïse Wassmer (Strasbourg: Société d'édition de la Basse Alsace, 1958)
- The Cercle d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'Alsace du Nord publishes a quarterly journal called l'Outre-Forêt dedicated to this area of northern Alsace.
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German: Walk
Until its establishment as an independent community in 1847, La Walck was part
of the community of Bitschhoffen.
Population:
- 1851: 805
- 1905: 787
- 1936: 826
- 1990: 965
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 87%
- Lutheran: 8%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 3%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 28 rue Principale, 67350 La Walck
- Bibliography:
Niederbronn-les-Bains et son canton, by Jeannie Del Grande and Pascal Prévost-Bouré (Joué-lès-Tours: A. Sutton, 1999), ISBN 2842532260, in the series Mémoire en images
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The communities of Bellefosse, Belmont,
Fouday and Waldersbach were merged in 1974
to form the community of
Le Ban-de-la-Roche, and were subsequently re-established as independent communities.
Variants: Valdersbach, Waltersbach
Between 1795 and 1871 Waldersbach was part of the Département des Vosges.
Population:
- 1790: 346
- 1851: 498
- 1905: 321
- 1936: 189
- 1990: 123
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 17 rue de la Suisse, 67130 Waldersbach
- Bibliography:
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The community of Hambach took the name Waldhambach in 1891.
Population:
- 1792: 630
- 1851: 889
- 1905: 1,037
- 1936: 849
- 1990: 626
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 1%
- Lutheran: 98%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67430 Waldhambach
- Bibliography:
Alsatian connections, volume 1: family genealogies of Alsatian emigrants to America from the villages of Butten, Dehlingen, Diemeringen, Ratzwiller and Waldhambach, compiled by Doris Wesner (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, ©1995), ISBN 1558561854
- Web resources:
http://www.alsace-bossue.fr.st/viwald.htm
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Variants: Waldighoffen, Waltighoffen
Population:
- 1789: 422
- 1851: 751
- 1905: 892
- 1936: 898
- 1990: 1,048
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 4 place de Jeanne d'Arc, 68640 Waldighofen
- Bibliography:
Waldighoffen: l'histoire d'un village sundgauvien, by R. Minery (Mulhouse, 1978)
- Web resources:
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Variants: Walholsen, Wallollssem, Walolsheim, Waloltzen
Population:
- 1792: 516
- 1851: 747
- 1905: 532
- 1936: 494
- 1990: 562
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1789: 410
- 1851: 713
- 1905: 707
- 1936: 688
- 1990: 716
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1789: 228
- 1851: 249
- 1905: 170
- 1936: 163
- 1990: 357
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 68510 Waltenheim
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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Population:
- 1792: 489
- 1851: 675
- 1905: 673
- 1936: 536
- 1990: 601
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 8%
- Lutheran: 85%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 5%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 8 rue de l'Église, 67670 Waltenheim-sur-Zorn
- Bibliography:
- "Conditions in the Augsburg Lutheran parish, Waltenheim-am-Zorn, Canton Hochfelden, Alsace", by pastor Hoffmann, translated by C. Umhau Wolf, in Concordia Historical Institute quarterly, v. 66, no. 3 (1993), p. 129-136; describes the state of the parish in 1851
- Poudre noire et poussière blanche: histoire des carrières souterraines de Waltenheim-sur-Zorn et Schwindratzheim, by Dominique Wagner (Strasbourg: Oberlin, 1987), ISBN 285369061X; cover title: Les carrières souterraines de Waltenheim-sur-Zorn et Schwindratzheim
- Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church marriage records for this community and is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam
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Population:
- 1791: 672
- 1851: 759
- 1905: 715
- 1936: 623
- 1990: 656
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 24%
- Lutheran: 75%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 44 rue du Vigneron, 67520 Wangen
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church marriage records for this community and is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam
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Formed by the merger of the communities of Wangenbourg (German: Wangenburg) and Engenthal.
Population:
- 1791: 510 (Engenthal), 185 (Wangenbourg)
- 1851: 933 (Engenthal), 249 (Wangenbourg)
- 1905: 1,310 (Engenthal), 245 (Wangenbourg)
- 1936: 1,166 (Engenthal), 209 (Wangenbourg)
- 1990: 1,159
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99% (Engenthal), 95% (Wangenbourg)
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist: <1% (Engenthal), 4% (Wangenbourg)
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Latin: Vendelini augia
German: Wanzenau
Population:
- 1792: 1,649
- 1851: 2,501
- 1905: 2,555
- 1936: 2,693
- 1990: 4,394
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 11-13 rue des Héros, 67610 La Wantzenau
- Bibliography:
- Urkundliche Geschichte des bischöflichen Amtes Wantzenau nebst einem Anhange über die drei Dörfer Hönheim, Bischheim und Schiltigheim, by A. Kocher (Strasbourg, 1908)
- La Wantzenau: un siècle d'images entre Ill et Ried (Strasbourg: Carré Blanc, 1999), ISBN 284488010X, in the series Mémoire de vies
- Web resources:
http://www.sdv.fr/pages/alainh/lawantz.htm
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German: Wasselnheim
Population:
- 1791: 3,420
- 1851: 4,731
- 1905: 3,585
- 1936: 3,622
- 1990: 4,916
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 48%
- Lutheran: 48%
- Calvinist: 2%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, place du Général Leclerc, 67310 Wasselonne
- Bibliography:
- "Les mutations de la population de Wasselonne du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours (1680-1989)", by Rolf Werl, in Revue d'Alsace 117, p. 171-175; describes the author's 1989 dissertation
- "L'Histoire du protestantisme à Wasselonne", by Rolf Werl, in Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire du protestantisme français, v. 137, no. 4 (1991), p. 521-543
- Web resources:
http://www.tourisme.fr/cgi-bin/aurweb/FNOTSI/rech.txt?ville=wasselonne&aur_offset_rec=1
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German: Wasserburg
Population:
- 1790: 540
- 1851: 841
- 1905: 529
- 1936: 368
- 1990: 425
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Wattweiler
Population:
- 1806: 1,270
- 1851: 1,779
- 1905: 1,149
- 1936: 848
- 1990: 1,506
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 97%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 2%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 10 rue de la 1ère Armée, 68700 Wattwiller
- Bibliography:
Inventaire analytique des contrats de mariage du notariat ancien de Wattwiller 1655-1791, by André Ganter (1988)
- Web resources:
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Included the community of Hettenschlag
until 1793.
Population:
- 1789: 250
- 1851: 380
- 1905: 278
- 1936: 195
- 1990: 252
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Variants:
Weegscheid,
Wegscheidt,
Wegscheit
Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts: Heimbach (Hembach), Winkel
Population:
- 1806: 395
- 1851: 493
- 1905: 404
- 1936: 391
- 1990: 299
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 98%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 1%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 36 rue Georges Pompidou, 68290 Wegscheid
- Bibliography:
- Patrimoine Doller, the bulletin of the Société
d'Histoire de la Vallée de Masevaux, publishes articles on Wegscheid. (The coat of arms depicted above is reproduced from the back cover of issue no. 2, 1992.)
Information on this journal can be obtained from the
secrétaire-correspondant:
M. Jean-Marie Ehret, 8 place de la Mairie, 68290 Oberbruck
- Two volumes of postcard views of this valley, compiled by Jean-Marie Ehret, Monique and Georges Redhaber, Bernard Sutter and Daniel Willmé, have been published by the Centre de Ressources des Vosges du Sud: La vallée de Masevaux à l'orée du siècle (1894-1914) (1995) and La vallée de Masevaux 1914-1918 (1997). Information can be obtained from:
M. Armand Laurent, 1 rue du Buhl, 68290 Dolleren
- Web resources:
Wegscheid information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/thann/masevaux/wegscheid/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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German: Weinburg
Population:
- 1792: 721
- 1851: 822
- 1905: 618
- 1936: 485
- 1990: 473
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 5%
- Lutheran: 90%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 3%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67340 Weinbourg
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1792: 449
- 1851: 713
- 1905: 681
- 1936: 676
- 1990: 534
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 30%
- Lutheran: 65%
- Calvinist: 4%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1792: 821
- 1851: 1,581
- 1905: 1,801
- 1936: 1,776
- 1990: 2,323
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 47%
- Lutheran: 52%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 A rue de l'Église, 67500 Weitbruch
- Bibliography:
Weitbruch: Chronik einer elsässischen Landgemeinde, by Willy Guggenbühl (Saverne: Imprimerie Savernoise, 1962)
- Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church records for this community and integrated the information to create family cards. He is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam
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German: Weitersweiler
Population:
- 1792: 740
- 1851: 940
- 1905: 752
- 1936: 644
- 1990: 540
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 24%
- Lutheran: 61%
- Calvinist: 2%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 12%
Miscellaneous:
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German: Wenzweiler
Population:
- 1789: 364
- 1851: 484
- 1905: 454
- 1936: 447
- 1990: 529
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Werenzhausen
Population:
- 1789: 298
- 1851: 445
- 1905: 377
- 1936: 385
- 1990: 462
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1790: 969
- 1851: 1,067
- 1905: 943
- 1936: 700
- 1990: 770
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Westhofen
Population:
- 1791: 2,081
- 1851: 2,054
- 1905: 1,715
- 1936: 1,427
- 1990: 1,460
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 18%
- Lutheran: 69%
- Calvinist: 1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 9%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 11 rue Staedel, 67310 Westhoffen
- Bibliography:
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German: Westhausen
Population:
- 1790: 754
- 1851: 1,278
- 1905: 1,096
- 1936: 972
- 1990: 1,170
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 82%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 16%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 137 rue Principale, 67230 Westhouse
- Bibliography:
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German: Westhausen
Population:
- 1792: 326
- 1851: 431
- 1905: 332
- 1936: 266
- 1990: 223
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 24 rue Principale, 67440 Westhouse-Marmoutier
- Bibliography:
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Variants: Wedelsheim, Wettelsheim
Population:
- 1790: 1,050
- 1851: 1,713
- 1905: 1,329
- 1936: 1,225
- 1990: 1,616
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 92%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 7%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 4 place du Général de Gaulle, 68920 Wettolsheim
- Bibliography:
Canton de Wintzenheim, Haut-Rhin, by Marie-Philippe Scheurer, photographs by Claude Menninger (Strasbourg: Imag'in l'édition, 2000), ISBN 2913302149, no. 3 in the series Patrimoine d'Alsace, published as part of the Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France
- Web resources:
Wettolsheim information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/colmar/wintzenheim/wettolsheim/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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Population:
- 1794: 631
- 1851: 842
- 1905: 716
- 1936: 578
- 1990: 450
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 24%
- Lutheran: 72%
- Calvinist: 3%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1792: 1,823
- 1851: 2,190
- 1905: 2,116
- 1936: 2,276
- 1990: 2,817
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 82 rue Baldung Grien, 67720 Weyersheim
- Bibliography:
Weyersheim (Strasbourg: Éditions Coprur, 1982)
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German: Wickerschweier
Until its establishment as an independent community in 1837, Wickerschwihr
was part of Holtzwihr.
Population:
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- 1851: 224
- 1905: 193
- 1936: 166
- 1990: 504
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Formed by the merger of the communities of Wickersheim and Wilshausen.
Population:
- 1792: 248 (Wickersheim), 76 (Wilshausen)
- 1851: 414 (Wickersheim), 125 (Wilshausen)
- 1905: 384 (Wickersheim), 135 (Wilshausen)
- 1936: 327 (Wickersheim), 118 (Wilshausen)
- 1990: 429
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 30% (Wilshausen)
- Lutheran: 100% (Wickersheim), 69% (Wilshausen)
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 26 rue Principale, 67270 Wickersheim-Wilshausen
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church marriage records for both Wickersheim and Wilshausen and is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam
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Variant: Widensohlen
Population:
- 1790: 392
- 1851: 688
- 1905: 473
- 1936: 457
- 1990: 825
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Weier im Thal
Population:
- 1790: 714
- 1851: 1,134
- 1905: 941
- 1936: 880
- 1990: 1,089
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 97%
- Lutheran: 2%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: <1%
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1806: 442
- 1851: 724
- 1905: 481
- 1936: 296
- 1990: 189
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 68820 Wildenstein
- Bibliography:
- Krüth und das obere Thurtal, by Aimé Behra (Mulhouse: Alsatia, 1937)
- La haute vallée de la Thur (Ingersheim: SAEP, 1981)
- The Cercle Cartophile de Thann et de la Vallée de la Thur published two volumes of postcard views of this valley (1990, 1992), called La vallée de la Thur à la belle époque de la carte postale.
- Web resources:
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Between 1795 and 1871 Wildersbach was part of the Département des Vosges.
Population:
- 1790: 348
- 1851: 604
- 1905: 596
- 1936: 402
- 1990: 260
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 155 rue de l'Église, 67130 Wildersbach
- Bibliography:
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German: Weiler
Population:
- 1789: 459
- 1851: 724
- 1905: 460
- 1936: 345
- 1990: 316
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 98%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist: 1%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Weiler bei Thann
Population:
- 1806: 1,174
- 1851: 2,665
- 1905: 2,084
- 1936: 1,839
- 1990: 1,947
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 98%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist: 1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: <1%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 17 rue de la Grande Armée, 68760 Willer-sur-Thur
- Bibliography:
- Canton Thann (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1980), ISBN 2110805423, in the series Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France
- The Cercle Cartophile de Thann et de la Vallée de la Thur published two volumes of postcard views of this valley (1990, 1992), called La vallée de la Thur à la belle époque de la carte postale.
- Web resources:
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Absorbed the community of Woellenheim (German: Wöllenheim) in 1972.
Population:
- 1792: 805 (Willgottheim), 83 (Woellenheim)
- 1851: 1,040 (Willgottheim), 94 (Woellenheim)
- 1905: 772 (Willgottheim), 80 (Woellenheim)
- 1936: 608 (Willgottheim), 66 (Woellenheim)
- 1990: 602
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100% (both communities)
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 37 rue Principale, 67370 Willgottheim
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1792: 410
- 1851: 473
- 1905: 513
- 1936: 463
- 1990: 600
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 67270 Wilwisheim
- Bibliography:
Wilwilsheim: Welse, mini heimet, by Gabriel Keller (Strasbourg: Éditions Coprur, 1992), ISBN 2903297703
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Population:
- 1792: 268
- 1851: 590
- 1905: 700
- 1936: 689
- 1990: 1,012
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 8%
- Lutheran: 67%
- Calvinist: 23%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 18 rue Principale, 67290 Wimmenau
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1792: 631
- 1851: 533
- 1905: 266
- 1936: 237
- 1990: 166
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 44%
- Lutheran: 37%
- Calvinist: 7%
- Anabaptist: 10%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 20 rue des Châteaux, 67110 Windstein
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1792: 575
- 1851: 908
- 1905: 621
- 1936: 622
- 1990: 456
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 59%
- Lutheran: 40%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1792: 326
- 1851: 841
- 1905: 889
- 1936: 1,017
- 1990: 1,551
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 42%
- Lutheran: 50%
- Calvinist: 7%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 rue des Rochers, 67290 Wingen-sur-Moder
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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Population:
- 1792: 830
- 1851: 1,316
- 1905: 1,136
- 1936: 1,006
- 1990: 1,012
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 92%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 7%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, rue de la 1ère Armée, 67170 Wingersheim
- Bibliography:
- Wingersheim und seine Filialen Hohatzenheim, Donnenheim, Mittelhausen, by J. Foesser (Strasbourg: Rheinverlag, 1932)
- Wingersheim: capitale du houblon d'Alsace (Strasbourg: Éditions Coprur, 1986), ISBN 2903297088
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Population:
- 1789: 481
- 1851: 704
- 1905: 486
- 1936: 417
- 1990: 331
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Wintershausen
Population:
- 1792: 294
- 1851: 429
- 1905: 419
- 1936: 355
- 1990: 517
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 25 rue Principale, Wintershouse
- Bibliography:
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German: Winzenbach
Population:
- 1792: 383
- 1851: 684
- 1905: 514
- 1936: 476
- 1990: 513
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 63%
- Lutheran: 35%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Winzenheim [Ober-Elsaß]
Variant: Vintzenheim
Population:
- 1790: 2,113
- 1851: 4,014
- 1905: 3,704
- 1936: 3,949
- 1990: 6,554
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 82%
- Lutheran: 1%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 15%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 28 rue Clemenceau, 68920 Wintzenheim
- Bibliography:
- Wintzenheim, Logelbach, La Forge: la commune et ses habitants racontés par les cartes postales (Wintzenheim: Société d'histoire de Wintzenheim, 1997), ISBN 2951202903; cover title: Wintzenheim, Haute Alsace, 1897-1949
- Canton de Wintzenheim, Haut-Rhin, by Marie-Philippe Scheurer, photographs by Claude Menninger (Strasbourg: Imag'in l'édition, 2000), ISBN 2913302149, no. 3 in the series Patrimoine d'Alsace, published as part of the Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France
- Web resources:
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German: Winzenheim [Unter-Elsaß
Population:
- 1792: 189
- 1851: 508
- 1905: 463
- 1936: 295
- 1990: 269
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 30%
- Lutheran: 50%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 19%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 22 rue de l'Église, 67370 Wintzenheim-Kochersberg
- Bibliography:
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German: Wisch
Variant: Wische
Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts: Hersbach
Between 1795 and 1871 Wisches was part of the Département des Vosges.
Population:
- 1790: 710
- 1851: 1,409
- 1905: 1,543
- 1936: 1,632
- 1990: 1,655
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 15 Grand'Rue, 67130 Wisches
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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German: Weißenburg
Absorbed the community of Altenstadt 29 Oct 1974.
Population:
- 1792: 1,026 (Altenstadt), 4,258 (Wissembourg)
- 1851: 1,282 (Altenstadt), 6,550 (Wissembourg)
- 1905: 1,064 (Altenstadt), 6,788 (Wissembourg)
- 1936: 910 (Altenstadt), 5,738 (Wissembourg)
- 1990: 7,443
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 94% (Altenstadt), 36% (Wissembourg)
- Lutheran: 2% (Altenstadt), 57% (Wissembourg)
- Calvinist: 1% (Altenstadt), <1% (Wissembourg)
- Anabaptist: 2% (Altenstadt)
- Jewish: 5% (Wissembourg)
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 11 place de la République, 67160 Wissembourg
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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Population:
- 1806: 814
- 1851: 1,778
- 1905: 1,442
- 1936: 7,154
- 1990: 10,451
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, rue d'Ensisheim, 68310 Wittelsheim
- Bibliography:
- Wittelsheim de Jules César à Charles de Gaulle, by Ch. Sauter (Colmar, 1974)
- Contribution archéologique à l'histoire de Wittelsheim, by the Centre de recherches archéologiques du Sundgau, under the direction of Joseph Strich ([Wittelsheim: Office municipal des sports et de la culture], 1995), ISBN 2950608124
- Web resources:
Wittelsheim information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/thann/cernay/wittelsheim/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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Population:
- 1789: 888
- 1851: 1,414
- 1905: 2,095
- 1936: 6,189
- 1990: 14,326
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 89%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist: 1%
- Anabaptist: <1%
- Jewish: 7%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 21 rue d'Ensisheim, 68270 Wittenheim
- Bibliography:
- Les images du passé de Wittenheim et Kingersheim: un siècle de transformations successives, 1896-1996, by Jean Checinski, with images from the collections of Théo Zumbiehl, Roger Sick and Jean Checinski (Kingersheim: Société d'histoire de Kingersheim, 1996), ISBN 2950833632
- Le Dollerbaechlein : histoire et topographie d'un ruisseau : villes et villages riverains : Aspach-le-Haut, Aspach-le-Bas, Schweighouse, Reiningue, Lutterbach, Pfastatt, Richwiller, Kingersheim, Wittenheim, Ruelisheim, Ensisheim, by Jean Checinski (Kingersheim: Société d'Histoire de Kingersheim, 1994), ISBN 2950833608
- Web resources:
Wittenheim information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/mulhouse/wittenheim/wittenheim/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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Population:
- 1792: 269
- 1851: 430
- 1905: 412
- 1936: 360
- 1990: 386
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, rue Principale, 67230 Witternheim
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1789: 584
- 1851: 954
- 1905: 767
- 1936: 715
- 1990: 660
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 96%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 3%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 5 rue de l'Église, 68130 Wittersdorf
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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Population:
- 1792: 421
- 1851: 732
- 1905: 631
- 1936: 447
- 1990: 443
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 77%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 22%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 12 rue de l'Église, 67670 Wittersheim
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1790: 500
- 1851: 1,116
- 1905: 1,221
- 1936: 1,106
- 1990: 1,631
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 1 place de la Mairie, 67820 Wittisheim
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1792: 190
- 1851: 271
- 1905: 259
- 1936: 247
- 1990: 487
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Wörth an der Sauer
Variant: Woerth-sur-Sauer
Population:
- 1792: 926
- 1851: 1,146
- 1905: 1,066
- 1936: 1,161
- 1990: 1,626
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 24%
- Lutheran: 74%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 2 rue du Moulin, 67360 Woerth
- Bibliography:
- Woerth, notre cité, by Michel Busser, Roland Hoyndorf, Willy Schneider et al. ([Woerth] : Amicale artistique de Woerth, 1995)
- Geschichte der evangelisch-lutherischen Gemeinden des Konsistoriums Woerth an der Sauer (Unterelsaß), by E. Roehrich (Woerth, 1919)
- The Cercle d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'Alsace du Nord publishes a quarterly journal called l'Outre-Forêt dedicated to this area of northern Alsace.
- Web resources:
http://www.woerth-en-alsace.com/
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Population:
- 1790: 200
- 1851: 270
- 1905: 292
- 1936: 292
- 1990: 314
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Wolfganzen
Population:
- 1790: 336
- 1851: 509
- 1905: 314
- 1936: 318
- 1990: 822
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 76%
- Lutheran: 23%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1791: 634
- 1851: 957
- 1905: 1,344
- 1936: 1,358
- 1990: 2,674
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 8%
- Lutheran: 77%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 12%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 19 rue du Moulin, 67202 Wolfisheim
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church records for this community and integrated the information to create family cards. He is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam
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Population:
- 1794: 443
- 1851: 808
- 1905: 698
- 1936: 558
- 1990: 312
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: <1%
- Lutheran: 99%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 28 rue Principale, 67260 Wolfskirchen
- Bibliography:
- Die evangelisch-lutherische Kirchenbücher von Bockenheim 1596-1685 und Wolfskirchen 1671-1679, by Gerhard Hein (Köln: G. Hein, 1977), Band 8A in the series "Die Einwohner des Krummen Elsaß und seiner Umgebung vor 1700"; available on FHL film no. 1761444
- Wolfskirchen, by Gerhard Hein (Köln, 1979), Band 21 in the series "Das Krumme Elsaß und seine Dörfer"; lineage book for Wolfskirchen, available on FHL film no. 1761446
- Eyweiler mit kath. Kirchenbuch Wolfskirchen, by Gerhard Hein (Köln: G. Hein, 1981), Band 38 in the series "Das Krumme Elsaß und seine Dörfer"; lineage book for Eywiller and Wolfskirchen, available on FHL film no. 1761447
- Web resources:
http://www.alsace-bossue.fr.st/viwolf.htm
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Population:
- 1792: 209
- 1851: 303
- 1905: 239
- 1936: 245
- 1990: 265
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 65%
- Lutheran: 34%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, Place des Tilleuls, 67700 Wolschheim
- Bibliography:
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German: Wolschweiler
Population:
- 1789: 491
- 1851: 625
- 1905: 398
- 1936: 440
- 1990: 430
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1791: 784
- 1851: 1,207
- 1905: 851
- 1936: 718
- 1990: 795
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 17 rue Principale, 67120 Wolxheim
- Bibliography:
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German: Wünheim
Prior to its establishment as an independent community in 1832, Wuenheim was
part of Soultz-Haut-Rhin.
Population:
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- 1851: 968
- 1905: 1,059
- 1936: 809
- 1990: 800
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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German: Zässingen
Variant: Zaesingen
Population:
- 1789: 379
- 1851: 454
- 1905: 334
- 1936: 254
- 1990: 248
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 68130 Zaessingue
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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Population:
- 1792: 207
- 1851: 254
- 1905: 235
- 1936: 159
- 1990: 128
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 37%
- Lutheran: 62%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, rue Principale, 67310 Zehnacker
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church marriage records for this community and is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam
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Population:
- 1792: 160
- 1851: 184
- 1905: 167
- 1936: 165
- 1990: 149
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 10 rue de l'Église, 67310 Zeinheim
- Bibliography:
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Population:
- 1790: 402
- 1851: 448
- 1905: 350
- 1936: 306
- 1990: 343
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 11 rue du Schlossberg, 68340 Zellenberg
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
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German: Zellweiler
Population:
- 1790: 1,040
- 1851: 1,128
- 1905: 883
- 1936: 681
- 1990: 675
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 82%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 17%
Miscellaneous:
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Variant: Züllesheim
Population:
- 1789: 875
- 1851: 1,318
- 1905: 1,587
- 1936: 1,904
- 1990: 1,919
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 79%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 20%
Miscellaneous:
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Population:
- 1790: 376
- 1851: 433
- 1905: 404
- 1936: 371
- 1990: 709
Religious composition in 1851:
- Catholic: 99%
- Lutheran: <1%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 25 rue Principale, 68230 Zimmerbach
- Bibliography:
- Les mariages de Zimmerbach (Haut-Rhin) 1722-1792, by Michel Schmitt (Mulhouse: Cercle Généalogique d'Alsace, Section de Mulhouse, 1990), cahier 6 in the series Alexsys [Alsace extraction systématique]
- Canton de Wintzenheim, Haut-Rhin, by Marie-Philippe Scheurer, photographs by Claude Menninger (Strasbourg: Imag'in l'édition, 2000), ISBN 2913302149, no. 3 in the series Patrimoine d'Alsace, published as part of the Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France
- Web resources:
Zimmerbach information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles, http://cdhf.telmat-net.fr/villages/F-68/colmar/wintzenheim/zimmerbach/page1/index.fr.vhtml
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Population:
- 1789: 384
- 1851: 664
- 1905: 488
- 1936: 384
- 1990: 931
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 100%
- Lutheran:
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
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Latin: Zinzinwilare, Cincioneswilare
German: Zinsweiler
Variant: Zintzwiller
Population:
- 1792: 724
- 1851: 992
- 1905: 1,045
- 1936: 866
- 1990: 950
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: 59%
- Lutheran: 38%
- Calvinist: <1%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish: 1%
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, Grand'Rue, 67110 Zinswiller
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church marriage records for this community and is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam
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Population:
- 1806: 300
- 1851: 427
- 1905: 386
- 1936: 291
- 1990: 217
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic: <1%
- Lutheran: 96%
- Calvinist: 2%
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, 4 rue Principale, 67290 Zittersheim
- Bibliography:
- Web resources:
Jean-Paul Kaminske has abstracted the church marriage records for this community and is willing to provide photocopies. For more information visit his site: http://mapage.noos.fr/jpkam
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German: Zöbersdorf
Population:
- 1792: 126
- 1851: 215
- 1905: 188
- 1936: 167
- 1990: 152
Religious composition in 1807:
- Catholic:
- Lutheran: 100%
- Calvinist:
- Anabaptist:
- Jewish:
Miscellaneous:
- City Hall:
Mairie, Hôtel de Ville, 67270 Zoebersdorf
- Bibliography:
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