Grand Cru : [ Hengst ]
History
" Wingisheim " quoted as of 786 was already a lodging stage in the Roman time, the remains of a villa testify to it .
The village, although fortified prior to 1275, never obtained the privileges of a city. This village of vine growers belonged to the Empire and partly to the " Habsbourg ", through its membership to the seigneury of " Hohlandsberg ".
The " Hospitallers " of Colmar (Knights of Malta) had a vault there, and later owned the castle of " Thurnburg ", today's Town Hall, which enjoyed the right of asylum.
In Saint Gilles, West of Wintzenheim, the Swiss abbey of Payerne had a court " colongère " which was transformed into a priory at the 14th century." Pflixbourg's Castle " built by the emperor at the beginning of the 13th century, used as residence to an imperial baillif, was probably destroyed at the 15th century.
The castle of " Hohlandsberg " was built in 1279 by " Rodolphe of Habsbourg ". It wasthe centre of a wide seigniory which the " Habsbourg " from the 14th century, successively pawned to the " Rappoltstein " in 1363, to the counts of " Lupfen " in 1415, to " Lazarus von Schwendi " in 1568.
Sightseeing
Close to the " Hohlandsberg ", remains of a village from the time of Michelsberg (final Neolithic).
Evidence of the Bronze Age of bronze in the " Pflixbourg ".
In the vestiges of a Roman villa on the slope of the " Hengst ", close to the village, Roman coins were found.
Ruins of the castle of " Hohlandsbourg ".
Ruins of the castle of " Pflixbourg " dating from the beginning of the 13th century. Beautiful vine growers' houses of the 16th to the 18th centuries.
The fountain of the Virgin of 1756.
The church of Wintzenheim, of neo traditional style dates of around 1840.
The curious church of Logelbach, in the north of the village, was built about 1929.
The vault " Our Lady of Bon Secours " dates from the 19th century.
So also the chapel " des Bois ".
Miscellaneous Informations
Altitude 230 m. 7180 inhabitants. Flower decked village ** 2003.
Panorama from the " Hohlandsbourg ".
Formerly the city of Basel limed periodically the " Hohlandsbourg's wall ". When one could see it from Basel, the weather was going to turn to rain.
Vineyard: Route des Vins d'Alsace. Grands Crus Wines "Hengst".
Horticulture, cereal.
Cattle breeding.
The Middle Age Nights at the Hohlandsburg: last week end of June.
Patrons' holiday on August 10th on Saint Laurent's day.
Local fair 1st and 2nd Saturdays and Sundays after August 10th .
Pilgrimage of " Our Lady of Bon Secours ".
Rural Lodging.
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