Eckwersheim is a commune, in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

[3] It is around 11 km (7 mi) north of Strasbourg.

On 14 November 2015 the commune was the location of a derailment during testing of a TGV train along the LGV Est high-speed rail line.

Eleven people were killed and 42 others were injured after the train caught fire and plunged into the Marne–Rhine Canal.

[4] Engraver Henry Wolf was born in Eckwersheim, only to eventually live and die in New York City.