Dietwiller
Dietwiller | |
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![]() The town hall in Dietwiller | |
Coordinates: 47°41′31″N 7°24′07″E / 47.6919°N 7.4019°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Haut-Rhin |
Arrondissement | Mulhouse |
Canton | Brunstatt-Didenheim |
Intercommunality | Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Christian Frantz[1] |
Area 1 | 11.06 km2 (4.27 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,417 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 68072 /68440 |
Elevation | 240–304 m (787–997 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Dietwiller (French pronunciation: [ditvilɛʁ] ; German: Dietweiler) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.[3]
History
[edit]The Thalbahn Habsheim ran through Dietwiller. It was a 24.6 km (15.3 mi) long narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in). It was built during World War I by German soldiers and Romanian prisoners of war as a military light railway. Many prisoners of war died due to malnutrition, forced labor and the poor living conditions and were buried in the Romanian cemetery in Dietweiler.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ^ Paul Erhart: Histoire du chemin de fer militaire reliant la Hardt à Altkirch pendant la guerre 1914-18… Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
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