Kaysersberg

Kaysersberg

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Kaysersberg

Coordinates: 48°08′N 7°16′E / 48.14°N 7.26°E / 48.14; 7.26Coordinates: 48°08′N 7°16′E / 48.14°N 7.26°E / 48.14; 7.26
Country France
Region Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Intercommunality Vallée de Kaysersberg
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Henri Stoll
Area1 24.82 km2 (9.58 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,766
 • Density 110/km2 (290/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 68162 / 68240
Elevation 236–924 m (774–3,031 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 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.

Kaysersberg (German:  Kaisersberg ) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Kaysersberg-Vignoble.[1]

The inhabitants are called Kaysersbergeois. The name means Emperor's Mountain in German.

The high fortress that dominates the city serves as a reminder of both its strategic importance and its warlike past. Together with the rest of Alsace-Lorraine, Kaysersberg was part of Germany during the period between the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War.

Kaysersberg is one of the finest wine growing areas in Alsace. The first vines were brought here in the 16th century from Hungary, and wine production is still an important aspect of the town's economy today. Wine produced from the Pinot gris variety is a local specialty.

Geography

Kaysersberg lies north-west of Colmar, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains.

Notable people

Kaisersberg was the birthplace of Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician.

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References

  1. ↑ Arrêté 14 July 2015 (French)

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