Dietwiller
Commune
The town hall in Dietwiller
The town hall in Dietwiller
Coat of arms of Dietwiller
Coat of arms
Location of Dietwiller
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Dietwiller is located in France
Dietwiller
Dietwiller
Dietwiller is located in Grand Est
Dietwiller
Dietwiller
Coordinates: 47°41′31″N 7°24′07″E / 47.6919°N 7.4019°E / 47.6919; 7.4019
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
ArrondissementMulhouse
CantonBrunstatt-Didenheim
IntercommunalityMulhouse Alsace Agglomération
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Christian Frantz[1]
Area
1
11.06 km2 (4.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,417
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
68072 /68440
Elevation240–304 m (787–997 ft)
(avg. 250 m or 820 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Dietwiller (French pronunciation: [ditvilɛʁ] ⓘ; German: Dietweiler) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.[3]

History

The Thalbahn Habsheim ran through Dietwiller. It was a 24.6 km (15.3 mi) long narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in). It was built during World War I by German soldiers and Romanian prisoners of war as a military light railway. Many prisoners of war died due to malnutrition, forced labor and the poor living conditions and were buried in the Romanian cemetery in Dietweiler.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
  4. ^ Paul Erhart: Histoire du chemin de fer militaire reliant la Hardt à Altkirch pendant la guerre 1914-18… Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
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