Natzwiller

Natzwiller
Natzwiller
Location within Alsace region  Natzwiller
Administration
Country	France
Region	Alsace
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Molsheim
Canton	Schirmeck
Intercommunality	Haute-Bruche
Mayor	André Woock (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	379–1,013 m (1,243–3,323 ft)
Land area1	7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population2	611  (2006)
- Density	84 /km2 (220 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67314/ 67130
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°26′19″N 7°15′15″E / 48.438611°N 7.254166°E / 48.438611; 7.254166

Natzwiller is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

History

Built around 1941 on the territory of the commune, Natzweiler-Struthof was the only Nazi concentration camp on French soil. The inmates originally were German who were to supply labor for building V-2 factories in man-made caves dug out of the Vosges Mountains. The prisoners would live in the cold, damp tunnels as they built them. Natzweiler-Struthof was expanded by the Nazis with the installation of a gas chamber and crematory for the mass killing of Jews, Gypsies, and captured Resistance fighters from the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file