Wittersheim

67670
Wittersheim
03 88 51

Location and access

  • Wittersheim - Vincent_Clauss_City_of_Haguenau
  • Wittersheim - Françoise DELCAMP
  • Wittersheim - Françoise DELCAMP
  • Wittersheim - Françoise DELCAMP
  • Wittersheim - Françoise DELCAMP
  • Wittersheim - Françoise DELCAMP
  • Wittersheim - Françoise DELCAMP
Wittersheim, in Alsatian "Witterschè" is a village located in the historical and cultural region of northern Alsace. The village is located a few kilometers north-west of Brumath. Wittersheim was occupied by the French army during the Saar offensive in 1939. The sights to be discovered in Wittersheim include the following: Saint-Ulrich Church, the road cross.
If you take the direction of Minversheim, in a small valley a few steps from the road, you will find an ancient therapeutic spring dedicated to Saint Ulrich. Its waters were renowned against skin diseases, contagious diseases and the treatment of scrofulous. This place has been recently converted for a walk and integrated into the route of pedestrian circuits. An anecdote gives us the origin of its name, Saint-Ulrich. Formerly the source flowed between the banns of the communes of Huttendorff and Wittenheim and a legal battle ensued to obtain the property, procedure long and without result. It was then that on July 4, St. Ulrich's Day, the source suddenly and definitively changed location, flowing clearly in the territory of Wittersheim. In thanks, the town baptized it with the name of the saint of the day, a name which was then given to the church.