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Willstätt | |
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Location of Willstätt within Ortenaukreis district | |
Coordinates: 48°32′30″N 07°53′47″E / 48.54167°N 7.89639°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Freiburg |
District | Ortenaukreis |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–27) | Christian Huber [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 55.28 km2 (21.34 sq mi) |
Elevation | 142 m (466 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)
[2] | |
• Total | 10,064 |
• Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
Postal codes | 77731 |
Dialling codes | 07852 |
Vehicle registration | OG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL |
Website | www.willstaett.de |
Willstätt (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlˌʃtɛt]) is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, with a population of 9,787 as at December 31, 2017. It is around 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Strasbourg's city centre.
2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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9,787 | 9172 | 9088 | 9096 | 9213 | 9352 | 9569 | 9680 | 9787 |
The earliest known mention to the town is from 1232. [3]
In September 1634, three weeks after their biggest victory of the war at
Nördlingen,
Willstätt was burned as a result of a skirmish between Catholics under
Jan von Werth and Swedes under
Rheingrave Otto Louis.
In August 1643
Imperialist forces took the town's castle.
[4] On 1 August 1675, during the
Rhineland campaign of the 1672-1678
Franco-Dutch War, a French army under
Comte de Lorges and an Imperial force led by
Raimondo Montecuccoli fought a battle nearby at Altenheim, Neuried.
On October 30, 1754, the tower of the Lutheran church, which was to be planned to be inaugurated on this day collapsed and destroyed many parts of the church as result of a bad foundation. It was later rebuilt with a foundation consisting of oak pillars and the inauguration of the church took then place on November 11, 1756.