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Willstätt
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Willstätt within Ortenaukreis district
Willstätt Show map of Germany Willstätt Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°32′30″N 07°53′47″E / 48.54167°N 7.89639°E / 48.54167; 7.89639
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Ortenaukreis
Government
•  Mayor (2019–27)	Christian Huber [1]
Area
• Total	55.28 km2 (21.34 sq mi)
Elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31) [2]
• Total	10,064
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Postal codes	77731
Dialling codes	07852
Vehicle registration	OG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL
Website	www.willstaett.de

Willstätt (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlˌʃtɛt]) is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, with a population of 9,787 as at December 31, 2017. It is around 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Strasbourg's city centre.

Demographics

History

Medieval

The earliest known mention to the town is from 1232. ^[3]

Early Modern

In September 1634, three weeks after their biggest victory of the war at Nördlingen, Willstätt was burned as a result of a skirmish between Catholics under Jan von Werth and Swedes under Rheingrave Otto Louis.
In August 1643 Imperialist forces took the town's castle. ^[4] On 1 August 1675, during the Rhineland campaign of the 1672-1678 Franco-Dutch War, a French army under Comte de Lorges and an Imperial force led by Raimondo Montecuccoli fought a battle nearby at Altenheim, Neuried.

On October 30, 1754, the tower of the Lutheran church, which was to be planned to be inaugurated on this day collapsed and destroyed many parts of the church as result of a bad foundation. It was later rebuilt with a foundation consisting of oak pillars and the inauguration of the church took then place on November 11, 1756.

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