Bergheim (Haut-Rhin)

Bergheim
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Community association	Pays de Ribeauvillé
Coordinates	48 ° 12 ' N , 7 ° 22' E Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ' N , 7 ° 22' E
height	172-733 m
surface	19.16 km 2
Residents	2,121 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	111 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68750
INSEE code	68028
Website	http://www.ville-bergheim.fr/
	; Aerial view of Bergheim, ; view from the east

Bergheim is a French commune with 2,121 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). She is a member of the Pays de Ribeauvillé municipal association .

Bergheim has a completely surrounding double city wall with numerous defense towers and a city gate , the upper gate, from the 14th century. The second city gate at the other end of the city no longer exists.

geography

Bergheim is located between Colmar (16 km south) and Schlettstadt (11 km north) in the Upper Rhine Plain . The town is a typical wine village with two well-known vineyards, the Altenberg de Bergheim and the Kanzlerberg . It is on the Alsace Wine Route . The municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .

history

Bergheim was already settled in Roman times. In 1848 a large mosaic of that time was uncovered (today in the Musée d'Unterlinden in Colmar), and then another in 2006.

In the Middle Ages, Bergheim was a free city under the rule of Rappoltstein . In 1313 the city received the right to mint money and levy customs duties.

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Bergheim belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Rappoltsweiler in the district of Upper Alsace .

Place name

The place name has undergone several changes in the course of history:

Berchem, during the Frankish period (465)
Bercheim (1302)
Berckheim (1510)
Bercken (1576)

Population development

year	1910	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	1956	1708	1753	1703	1774	1802	1830	1860	2121
Source: Municipal directory, Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

The double city wall, which completely encloses the place, with numerous defensive towers and the western upper gate as a city gate was built in the 14th century and renewed in the 16th century. The eastern sub-gate no longer exists. The kennel between the two city walls is now occupied by private gardens. The outer city wall is completely accessible. The inner city wall consists of the outer walls of the town houses.

The parish church of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Assumption of Mary) was built from 1320 to 1347, the interior was redesigned in 1718 in Baroque style. The side chapel and sacristy are neo-Gothic . The tympanum shows an adoration of the kings . In 1959, frescoes from 1480 were rediscovered during a restoration . The large Rinkenbach organ from 1903 was built into a neo-baroque case from 1879, but with original sculptures from 1740.

The town hall dates from 1767.

The synagogue was built between 1860 and 1863. It replaced the medieval synagogue (around 1300), which had been destroyed by fire in 1840.

According to an inscription there, a festival is said to have been celebrated as early as 1300 under the old village linden tree . Their trunk diameter is 1.80 meters.

The Reichenberg Castle (13./20. Century) is privately owned.

In the German military cemetery , 5,308 German soldiers killed in World War II are buried. They were reburied here from 1970–1975 from more than 225 communities in Upper Alsace.