Holtzwihr

Part of Porte du Ried in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Holtzwihr

48°06′47″N 7°25′17″E / 48.1131°N 7.4214°E / 48.1131; 7.4214CountryFranceRegionGrand EstDepartmentHaut-RhinArrondissementColmar-RibeauvilléCantonColmar-2CommunePorte du Ried Area

6.45 km² (2.49 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

1,436 • Density220/km² (580/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

68320

Elevation180–186 m (591–610 ft)
(avg. 182 m or 597 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Holtzwihr (French pronunciation: [ɔltsviʁ]; German: Holzweier; Alsatian: Holzwihr) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Porte du Ried.^[2] It was also the location of the World War II Battle of Holtzwihr on January 26, 1945, during which US Army Second Lieutenant Audie Murphy of the 3rd Infantry Division, almost single-handedly cut down an advancing German unit, earning the Medal of Honor.