Travel Guide Weyersheim

Celts, Romans and Merovingians succeeded each other on the site. Remains of the Gallo-Roman period are still visible on the rural road from Weyersheim to Herrlisheim along the Zorn. "Weyersheim" is made up of the German terms "Wir" (ditch) and "Heim" (dwelling). This would mean "the village of the ditch" in reference to the ditch that surrounded the castle. The village underwent many upheavals. In 1525, the villagers took an active part in the Peasants' War. Burned and looted during the Bishops' War in 1592, Weyersheim then experienced the vicissitudes of the Thirty Years' War. The village was repopulated and rebuilt with the clay of the "Lemebarig", an old quarry located between Weyersheim and Kurtzenhouse. The Archaic House, the oldest house in the village, dates from 1621. The great wave of reconstruction began in the 1670s, when many half-timbered houses, including the two tithe houses, were built.