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Wœrth or Woerth (; ) is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the
Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...
department and
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of north-eastern
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.INSEE commune file
/ref> The town, which lies some north of Strasbourg, is known for being the site of the Battle of Wörth, which took place on 6 August 1870 in the opening stages of the Franco-Prussian War. Wœrth Castle has housed the
mairie In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...
since 1977.


Population


Notable people

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Wynkyn de Worde Wynkyn de Worde (died 1534) was a printer and publisher in London known for his work with William Caxton, and is recognised as the first to popularise the products of the printing press in England. Name Wynkyn de Worde was a German immigr ...
(??-1534) * Eugène Wintzweiller (1844–1870)


Gallery

File:Woerth-sur-Sauer (3).jpg, The River Sauer in Wœrth File:Woerth 427.jpg, Buildings in the old part of the town File:Woerth_416.jpg, Houses on the west side of Wœrth File:Woerth monument bavarois.jpg, Bavarian battle memorial File:Woerth monument francais.jpg, French battle memorial File:Belvédère route d'Elsasshausen à Woerth (67).jpg, Hessian battlefield monument


See also

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Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{BasRhin-geo-stub