Frœschwiller

Frœschwiller
Frœschwiller; Freschwiller
	Commune
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	Frœschwiller Location within Grand Est region Frœschwiller
	Coordinates: 48°56′40″N 7°43′22″E / 48.9444°N 7.7228°ECoordinates: 48°56′40″N 7°43′22″E / 48.9444°N 7.7228°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Reichshoffen
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Muller
Area1	5.75 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	531
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67147 /67360
Elevation	188–262 m (617–860 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.

Frœschwiller (German: Fröschweiler) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Of note is Château de Frœschwiller.

Historical vignettes

In 1552 the Protestant Reformation reached Frœschwiller when Kuno Eckbrecht of Dürckheim ordered the construction of the village's first church on the seigneurial lands.

On 22 December 1793 republican troops under General Lazare Hoche defeated the Habsburg Austrian army under Field Marshal Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser in the Battle of Froeschwiller. This success helped to evict the Austrians from French territory.

On 6 August 1870, as a result of the Battle of Frœschwiller-Wœrth, the two Alsatian départements (apart from the area that subsequently became the Territory of Belfort) as well as most of the Moselle département were lost. They would remain under German control until 1918.

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