Eckwersheim is a commune, 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 in

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in north-eastern

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/ref> It is around north of Strasbourg. On 14 November 2015 the commune was the location of a derailment during testing of a

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train along the

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high-speed rail line. At least ten people were killed after the train caught fire and plunged into the

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Henry Wolf Henry Wolf (May 23, 1925 – February 14, 2005) was an Austrian-born, American graphic designer, photographer and art director. He influenced and energized magazine design during the 1950s and 1960s with his bold layouts, elegant typography, a ...

was born in Eckwersheim, only to eventually live and die in

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