Gœrsdorf

Gœrsdorf
Gerschdorf

Coat of arms
Gœrsdorf

Coordinates: 48°57′09″N 7°46′11″E / 48.9525°N 7.7697°ECoordinates: 48°57′09″N 7°46′11″E / 48.9525°N 7.7697°E
Country France
Region Alsace
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Wissembourg
Canton Wœrth
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Etienne Martin
Area1 13.14 km2 (5.07 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,120
  Density 85/km2 (220/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 67160 / 67360
Elevation 164–463 m (538–1,519 ft)

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.

Gœrsdorf (German: Görsdorf) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. The commune merged with Mitschdorf at the start of 1973.

Gœrsdorf is part of the Natural Park of the North Vosges region.

Notable people

Author and priest Joseph Kuntz was born at Gœrsdorf on 25 July 1850: he died on 7 January 1892. Between those dates he founded the journal "l'Elsässer" with his sponsor, Abbot Muller-Simonis. (The German language name of the journal recalls the fact that between 1871 and 1918 Alsace was part of Germany).

See also

References

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