Turckheim

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Turckheim
Commune
Entrance to Turckheim through the Porte de France
Coat of arms
Location of Turckheim
Turckheim Show map of France Turckheim Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°05′14″N 7°16′52″E / 48.0872°N 7.2811°E / 48.0872; 7.2811
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Wintzenheim
Intercommunality	Colmar Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Benoît Schlussel[1]
Area 1	16.46 km2 (6.36 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,928
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68338 /68230
Elevation	219–840 m (719–2,756 ft) (avg. 240 m or 790 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Imperial City of Turckheim Reichsstadt Türkheim (de) Ville libre de Turckheim (fr)
1312–1648
Coat of arms
Status	Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Turckheim
Government	Republic
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Gained Imp. immediacy	1312
• Received city rights,     joined the Décapole	1354
• Ceded to France	24 October 1648
• Treaties of Nijmegen     end the Décapole	26 January 1679
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Swabia Early modern France
Today part of	France

Turckheim (French pronunciation: [tyʁkaim] ^ⓘ; Alsatian: Tercka; German: Türkheim) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies west of Colmar, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains.