Ungersheim

The area of Ungersheim appears to have been inhabited since Roman times. The first written record of the village dates back to 735, in a document where Count Ebehard grants land to the Abbey of Murbach located in Annegisvilla, the original name of Ungersheim. In the 12th century, probably around 1130, the village came under the authority of the Habsburgs, then called Landgraves and based in Ensisheim. The local lords remained their vassals until 1534, when the nobles of Bollwiller acquired two-thirds of the village. After the Thirty Years' War, which devastated the region, the Bollwiller fief passed to the Counts of Rosen. The French Revolution, although destructive, allowed Ungersheim to become an independent commune. In the 19th century, the village's economy was based on forestry, agriculture, and weaving, despite notable emigration to the United States. Its coat of arms, "azure with three golden clovers," could symbolize the agricultural wealth of the lands or derive from the three roses present in the coat of arms of the Counts of Rosen of Bollwiller.