Wittring
Wittring | |
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The church in Wittring | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Wittring | |
Wittring Wittring | |
| Coordinates: 49°03′19″N 7°08′48″E / 49.0553°N 7.1467°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Sarreguemines |
| Canton | Sarreguemines |
| Intercommunality | CA Sarreguemines Confluences |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Bernard Rohr[1] |
Area 1 | 8.09 km2 (3.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 736 |
| • Density | 91.0/km2 (236/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57748 /57905 |
| Elevation | 199–336 m (653–1,102 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Wittring (French pronunciation: [vitʁɛ̃]; Lorraine Franconian: Wittringe) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 874 | — |
| 1975 | 907 | +0.53% |
| 1982 | 844 | −1.02% |
| 1990 | 840 | −0.06% |
| 1999 | 821 | −0.25% |
| 2007 | 826 | +0.08% |
| 2012 | 818 | −0.19% |
| 2017 | 790 | −0.69% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
World War II V-2 facility
Following the August 1943 decision to move production of the German V-2 rocket underground,[4] the biggest liquid oxygen factory with a planned total of 12 machines and a monthly capacity of 3600 tons was built in a tunnel system at Wittring, codenamed "Kalk" (chalk). At the time of the start of the rocket blitz in September 1944 five machines were operating. The site was captured by Allied troops in early December 1944.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Neufeld, Michael J (1995). The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemünde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era. New York: The Free Press. p. 200-201. ISBN 978-0-02-922895-1.
- ^ Schmundt-Thomas, Georg (January 2026). "Bottleneck: the supply of liquid oxygen for the German V-2 rocket". Journal of Military History. 90 (1): 86–113.
External links
- Media related to Wittring at Wikimedia Commons