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Hinsingen

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Bas-Rhin

Population (2006)
  
91

Area
  
2.98 km²

Arrondissement
  
Saverne

Region
  
Grand Est

Canton
  
Ingwiller

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Sunday 1:12 AM

Hinsingen

Weather
  
6°C, Wind NE at 13 km/h, 68% Humidity

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

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Map of 67260 Hinsingen, 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".

References

Hinsingen Wikipedia