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Kindwiller | |
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 The town hall in Kindwiller | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Kindwiller  | |
  Kindwiller  Kindwiller | |
| Coordinates:48°51′48″N7°35′55″E / 48.8633°N 7.5986°E /48.8633; 7.5986 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg |
| Canton | Reichshoffen |
| Intercommunality | CA Haguenau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Gérard Voltz[1] |
Area 1 | 5.97 km2 (2.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 648 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67238 /67350 |
| Elevation | 168–226 m (551–741 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Kindwiller (French pronunciation:[kindvilɛʁ];German:Kindweiler;Alsatian:Kendwéler) is acommune in theBas-Rhindepartment inGrand Est,France.[3]
The village is positioned some fifteen kilometres (nine miles) to the west-north-west ofHaguenau.
Most of the houses are on the single main street. Outside the village the land is mostly used for farming.
The first surviving record of the village dates from 1317 when it was named as Kintwilre, the residence of a family of that same name. The area was at that time owned by Haguenau. TheHigh German name "Kindweiler" emerges later.
During thewars of religion that spilled into Alsace in the sixteenth century, the village becameprotestant in 1545 but reverted toCatholicism in 1561.
Kindwiller also enjoyed the privileges of animperial village.
