Bischheim (Bas-Rhin)

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Bischheim
Coat of arms of Bischheim
Bischheim (France)
Bischheim
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Strasbourg
Canton Schiltigheim
Community association Eurométropole de Strasbourg
Coordinates 48 ° 37 '  N , 7 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 37 '  N , 7 ° 45'  E
height 132-150 m
surface 4.41 km 2
Residents 17.093 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 3,876 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67800
INSEE code 67043
Website www.ville-bischheim.fr

Saint-Laurent Church in Bischheim

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Bischheim , formerly Bischheim am Saum , is a French town with 17,093 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It is located in the arrondissement of Strasbourg and was the chief town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Bischheim until 2014 .

geography

The city lies on the River Ill and the Rhine-Marne Canal . Bischheim is a northern suburb of Strasbourg ; it is four kilometers to the cathedral in the center. There is a public transport connection to the tram line B .

The neighboring municipalities of Bischheim are (clockwise from the north): Hœnheim , Strasbourg , Schiltigheim and Niederhausbergen .

coat of arms

Description of coat of arms : In blue a red-tongued, upright silver billy goat .

Population development

1825 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
2,088 12,355 14,383 14,985 16,215 16.308 16,763 17,827 17,491
Protestant Church
town hall

Attractions

  • "Englischer Hof" or "Engländerhof" ( Château (de la Cour) d'Angleterre ), listed castle with gardens belonging to the De Dietrich family (1751), cannot be visited
  • Protestant church (bell tower from the 14th century, nave from the 18th century; fittings from the 18th century, including a listed organ; glass window by Joseph Ehrismann )
  • Church of St. Laurentius ( Saint-Laurent ; neo-Gothic, early 20th century)
  • Cour des Boecklin ("Boeckelshof") with a mikveh from the 18th century ( Monument historique )
  • Jewish cemetery , laid out in 1797
  • Town hall ( hôtel de ville ), former splendid mansion of a large businessman (1890)

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

  • Adolf Riff (born June 29, 1850 - † May 15, 1929 in Strasbourg), lawyer and member of the German Reichstag
  • René Louis Becker (born November 7, 1882 - † January 28, 1956 in Dearborn, Michigan), composer, organist and pianist
  • Marguerite Kuczynski (born December 5, 1904, † January 15, 1998 in Berlin), economist and translator
  • Jean Wendling (born April 29, 1934), national soccer player

People who worked on site

  • Cerf Beer (* around 1726 in Medelsheim; † December 7, 1793 in Strasbourg), pioneer of Jewish emancipation, married in Bischheim and lived here
  • David Sinzheim (born November 16, 1745 in Trier, † February 11, 1812 in Paris), rabbi in Strasbourg, worked in Bischheim from 1785
  • Maximilien de Ring (born May 27, 1799 in Bonn, † March 5, 1873 in Bischheim), archaeologist, historian, landscape painter and draftsman, died in Bischheim
  • Jakob Ignatius Simonis (born March 12, 1831 in Ammerschweier, † February 11, 1903 in Oberbronn), Catholic pastor in Bischheim, professor and member of the Reichstag
  • Adolf Ury (born June 14, 1849 in Niederbronn; † August 24, 1915 in Strasbourg), chief rabbi and member of the state parliament, attended the Jewish community school in Bischheim
  • Johann Adam Rüppel (born January 13, 1864 in Weibersbrunn; † January 1, 1930 in Stockstadt am Main), master builder and architect, built the parish church in Bischheim in 1909/10
  • Dionysius Will (born September 8, 1867 in Landersheim, † July 23, 1912 in Hœnheim), Catholic clergyman and member of the German Reichstag, was vicar in Bischheim
  • Otto Bender (born December 17, 1897 in Eichtersheim; † May 27, 1988), politician (NSDAP), from 1940 head of civil administration in Bischheim
  • Cédric Stoll (born April 6, 1982 in Schiltigheim), football player, played for FC Soleil Bischheim
  • Ana Maria De Sá Fernandes (born March 14, 1987 in Vila Chã, Esposende), football player, played for Mars Bischheim
  • Jonathan Schmid (born June 22, 1990 in Strasbourg), football player, played for CS Mars in 1905 Bischheim

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 113-120.

Web links

Commons : Bischheim  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Johann Friedrich Aufschlager: Alsace - New historical-topographical description of the two Rhine departments . tape 2 . Johann Heinrich Heitz, Strasbourg 1825, p. 372 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ http://www.ville-bischheim.fr/vivre-la-ville/le-patrimoine/chateau-de-la-cour-dangleterre
  3. ↑ http://www.ville-bischheim.fr/vivre-la-ville/le-patrimoine/cour-des-boecklin-a-miqve