Hagenau

Hagenau, a town of Alsace-Lorraine, situated in the Hagenau forest, on the Moder, 21 miles by rail N. by E. of Strasburg, manufactures porcelain stoves, and has cotton and woollen spinning. The chief trade is in hops and wine. The Romanesque church of St George dates from the 12th century, and the Gothic church of Nicholas from the 13th. Having been invested with town rights by Frederick Barbarossa in 1164, it was made a free imperial city in 1257. By the treaty of Westphalia (1648) it was given up to France, and in 1871 finally returned to Germany. Pop. (1875) 11,726; (1885) 13,460.