Hinsingen

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Coat of arms
Hinsingen
Location within Grand Est region  Hinsingen
Coordinates: 48°57′12″N 6°59′33″E / 48.9533°N 6.9925°ECoordinates: 48°57′12″N 6°59′33″E / 48.9533°N 6.9925°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Ingwiller
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Marc Rieger
Area^1	2.98 km^2 (1.15 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	91
• Density	31/km^2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	67199 / 67260
Elevation	212–251 m (696–823 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.

Hinsingen is a commune in the north-western corner of the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

History

The place is first recorded in 1328 as "Heyngesingen": at that time it was in Saarwerden County. Originally the little village clustered around its castle was positioned in the valley, but it was destroyed in the Thirty Years War. Hinsingen is on the frontier between Alsace and Lorraine: following further sustained destruction wrought by the interminable wars fought between France and The Empire in the final decades of the seventeenth century, remaining villagers removed the settlement to its present hilltop location.

The name of the village has mutated over time through "Hinquezange" to "Hinsingen".

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file