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Holtzwihr
Sign in to saveHoltzwihr (; ; ) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Porte du Ried. It was also the location of the World War II Battle of Holtzwihr on January 26, 1945, during which US Army Second Lieutenant Audie Murphy of the 3rd Infantry Division, almost single-handedly cut down an advancing German unit, earning the Medal of Honor.
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Place details
- Locality
- Porte-du-Ried
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,129
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Holtzwihr
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason de la ville d'Holtzwihr (68).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Colmar-Ribeauvillé
- French commune.canton
- Colmar-2
- French commune.INSEE
- 68143
- French commune.postal code
- 68320
- French commune.commune
- Porte du Ried
- French commune.elevation m
- 182
- French commune.elevation min m
- 180
- French commune.elevation max m
- 186
- French commune.area km2
- 6.45
- French commune.population
- 1508
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Holtzwihr
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Colmar
- Population
- 1420
- Area
- 6.45
- Elevation
- 182
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Horbourg-Wihr
- Official website
- www.holtzwihr.fr
- Image
- Holtzwihr, Mairie.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl
- Commons category
- Holtzwihr
- replaced by
- Porte du Ried
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- postal code
- 68320
- associated electoral district
- canton of Colmar-2
- P8168
- Hans R. Camenzind
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Holtzwihr (; ; ) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Porte du Ried. It was also the location of the World War II Battle of Holtzwihr on January 26, 1945, during which US Army Second Lieutenant Audie Murphy of the 3rd Infantry Division, almost single-handedly cut down an advancing German unit, earning the Medal of Honor.
It also has a road named after Audie Murphy, Rue Audie Murphy (see Google Maps).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Holtzwihr” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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