Bischoffsheim
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Molsheim | |
| Canton | Molsheim | |
| Community association | Portes de Rosheim | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 29 ′ N , 7 ° 29 ′ E | |
| height | 149-362 m | |
| surface | 12.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,330 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 270 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67870 | |
| INSEE code | 67045 | |
| Website | www.bischoffsheim.fr | |
 Place Saint-Rémy |
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Bischoffsheim (German Bischofsheim in Alsace ) is a French commune with 3330 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the canton of Molsheim .
geography
The community of Bischoffsheim on the edge of the Vosges is 25 kilometers southwest of downtown Strasbourg . Neighboring communities of Bischoffsheim are Griesheim-près-Molsheim , Innenheim and Blaesheim in the northeast, Hindisheim and Krautergersheim in the southeast, Obernai in the south, Bœrsch in the west and Rosheim in the northwest.
history
The folk etymological explanation of the village name as 'home / place of the bishop', which is expressed with the local coat of arms, is unlikely, however. In the Middle Ages, the use of the word 'bishop' as a functional designation was atypical - if so, then one would have chosen the name of the specific bishop who founded, acquired or granted rights to the place. Since, according to legend, Bischoffsheim is said to have been transferred from Clovis to Saint Remigius , there would have been a naming such as the analogous donation Remigiusberg .
The location on a mountain in particular suggests another explanation for the place name. It follows the vascular hypothesis . The Munich linguist Theo Vennemann , who advocates this hypothesis, points out that existing toponyms (place names) are usually adopted by new immigrants (linguistic substrate). A conspicuous accumulation of similar names in a similar geography would therefore be an indicator of an existing word in an earlier settlement phase. The accumulation of "bishop" place names on each elongated mountain ridge suggests that this could also have been the case here (although in individual cases it can of course always be a coincidence or another derivation). In any case, 'this topological description fits' clearly to “Bischoffsheim” or to the monastery “Bischerberg” connected to the place, as well as to many other, similar place names (for example Bischofroda or Bischofsheim in the Rhön ). The vasconic hypothesis is based on an old European language , the last existing relic of which is Basque . There is the word 'bizkar' which means 'ridge', 'elongated hill in the mountains'. This toponymic description applies here in particular to the monastery.
If this explanation were to be correct, it would also mean that the region was settled in old European times. According to this, the area of today's place Bischoffsheim would have been inhabited before the Indo-European conquest, i.e. before the third millennium BC. In fact, excavations at the site indicate settlement as early as Neolithic times.
The Indo-European settlement was then probably Celtic at first . In Roman times there seems to have been an army camp here. The Germanic settlement took place first by the Alemanni , later by the Franks . The place was repeatedly devastated over the centuries, especially during the Peasants 'War and the Thirty Years' War . After the Peace of Westphalia , Alsace became part of France, but remained part of the Holy Roman Empire and thus German-speaking. From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Bischoffsheim belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Molsheim district in the Lower Alsace district .
Bischenberg Monastery
Sainte-Aurélie Church
St. Rémy fountain at the town hall
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 1,488 | 1477 | 1495 | 1819 | 2075 | 2176 | 2768 | 3141 | 3330 |
Attractions
- Mairie Bischoffsheim
- Monastery on the 361 m high Bischenberg with a baroque church
- Sainte-Aurélie church, reconstructed in the 18th century
- St. Rémy Square with a fountain from 1875 with a basin from 1349
Transport links
The place is on the department road D 216, which leads in the west to Bœrsch on the Alsace Wine Route . In the east of the community runs the D 422, which leads from Obernai to Rosheim, and the slightly more easterly D 500 from Obernai to Molsheim also touches Bischoffsheim.
Community partnerships
Bischoffsheim has been related to the Breton community of Ploubazlanec in the Côtes-d'Armor department since 1992 .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1007-1010.
Web links
- Official website of the municipality (French)