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    Wissembourg (French pronunciation: [visɑ̃buʁ] ; South Franconian: Weisseburch [ˈvaɪsəbʊʁç]; German: Weißenburg [ˈvaɪsn̩bʊʁk] ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin...
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    The Battle of Wissembourg or Battle of Weissenburg, the first of the Franco-Prussian War, was joined when three German army corps surprised the small...
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    Wissembourg station is a railway station serving the town Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin department, northeastern France. It is a terminal station at the junction...
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    The arrondissement of Wissembourg is a former arrondissement of France in the Bas-Rhin department in the Alsace region. In 2015 it was merged into the...
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    The arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg (French: Arrondissement de Hanguenau-Wissembourg; Alsatian: Arrondissement Hàwenau-Waisseburch) is an arrondissement...
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  • of Wissembourg may refer to: First Battle of Wissembourg (1793), in October 1793, during the War of the First Coalition Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793)...
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    forests that overlie the modern border between Germany and France near Wissembourg, Alsace. The Upper Mundat Forest is a small part of the mountainous Palatinate...
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    The Wissembourg Gap (French: trouée de Wissembourg, German: Weißenburger Senke) is a corridor of open terrain, approximately six kilometres (3.7 miles)...
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    The Second Battle of Wissembourg from 26 December 1793 to 29 December 1793 saw an army of the First French Republic under General Lazare Hoche fight a...
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    Marshal MacMahon took command of I Corps (4 infantry divisions) near Wissembourg, Marshal François Canrobert brought VI Corps (4 infantry divisions) to...
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    Wissembourg Town Hall (French: Mairie de Wissembourg, Hôtel de ville de Wissembourg) is a Baroque city hall in Wissembourg, a small town at the northern...
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    The Dominican Church, Wissembourg (French: Église des Dominicains de Wissembourg), is a church in Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France, formerly the...
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    In the First Battle of Wissembourg (13 October 1793) an Allied army commanded by Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser attacked the French Army of the Rhine under...
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  • The canton of Wissembourg is an administrative division of the Bas-Rhin department, northeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton...
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    Oberhoffen-lès-Wissembourg (German: Oberhoffen bei Weißenburg) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Communes...
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    Baden-Württemberg and in the northeasternmost tip of Alsace (around Wissembourg) in France. In Baden-Württemberg, they are considered dialects of German...
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    The Neustadt–Wissembourg railway, also called the Pfälzische Maximiliansbahn ("Palatine Maximilian Railway"), Maximiliansbahn or just the Maxbahn - is...
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    German Johanneskirche) is a historical monument in the city of Wissembourg in northeastern France. St. John's was built between the 12th and 16th...
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    French: L'abbaye de Wissembourg), also Wissembourg Abbey, is a former Benedictine abbey (1524–1789: collegiate church) in Wissembourg in Alsace, France...
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  • Luxembourg ratified the treaty uniting the towns of Haguenau, Colmar, Wissembourg, Turckheim, Obernai, Kaysersberg, Rosheim, Munster, Sélestat and Mulhouse...
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    and overseas. He was killed in battle at the age of sixty-one, near Wissembourg during the Franco-Prussian War. Charles Abel Douay was born in the city...
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  • The Lines of Weissenburg, or Lines of Wissembourg, were entrenched works — an earthen rampart dotted with small outworks — along the river Lauter. They...
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    arrondissements of the Bas-Rhin department are: Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg, (subprefecture: Haguenau) with 141 communes. The population of the arrondissement...
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  • Thionville Thionville-Est, Thionville-Ouest 2015 Bas-Rhin Haguenau-Wissembourg Haguenau, Wissembourg 2015 Bas-Rhin Strasbourg Strasbourg-Campagne, Strasbourg-Ville...
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    Peter and St. Paul's Church (French: Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul) of Wissembourg is frequently, but incorrectly, referred to as the second largest Gothic...
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    Strasbourg to Wissembourg, and the branch line to Niederbronn-les-Bains. The station is served by regional trains towards Strasbourg, Wissembourg and Niederbronn-les-Bains...
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    the Austrians suffered twin defeats at the battles of Wattignies and Wissembourg. British land forces were defeated at the Battle of Hondschoote in September...
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    Capital: Strasbourg Bas-Rhin (Unterelsaß) Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg Arrondissement of Molsheim Arrondissement of Saverne Arrondissement of...
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    Schellenberg Rain Villingen Ingolstadt Blenheim Ulm 3rd Landau 2nd Trarbach Wissembourg Lauterbourg Homburg 1st Haguenau Drusenheim 2nd Haguenau Bavaria Sendling...
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    overwhelming force against a French division in Alsace at the Battle of Wissembourg (German: Weissenburg), forcing it to retreat. On 5 August, the Germans...
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