Ebersmunster

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Ebersmunster
Coat of arms of Ebersmunster
Ebersmunster (France)
Ebersmunster
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein
Canton Sélestat
Community association Sélestat
Coordinates 48 ° 19 ′  N , 7 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′  N , 7 ° 31 ′  E
height 160-168 m
surface 7.39 km 2
Residents 521 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 71 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67600
INSEE code
Website Commune d'Ebersmunster

Village and church

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Ebersmunster (German: Ebersmünster , Alsatian: Awerschmínster ) is a French municipality with 521 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region ( Alsace until 2015 ). The municipality is a member of the Communauté de communes de Sélestat .

geography

The municipality of Ebersmunster is located on the Ill , about 40 km south of Strasbourg and about 30 km north of Colmar . Neighboring communities are Kogenheim in the north, Hilsenheim in the east, Muttersholtz in the southeast, Sélestat in the southwest and Ebersheim in the west.

traffic

The nearest train station is in Ebersheim, less than three kilometers away on the Strasbourg – Basel railway line . The cycle route No. 14 Véloroute de l'Ill - partie Nord between Sélestat and Strasbourg touches Ebersmunster.

history

Finds show that the Celts already settled in the area of ​​today's municipality, on an island in the Ill called Noviento . In Roman times, a military road to Strasbourg, the site of a legion, passed nearby. According to the chronicle, which is not very reliable on this point, there is said to have been a sanctuary of the goddess Diana on the island .

The Ebersmünster monastery is said to have been founded around 675 by Deodat von Nevers with the support of the Frankish King Chilperich II . In the 9th century it joined the Benedictine order . Over the centuries, the town of Ebersmünster developed around the monastery, the history of which is closely linked to the history of the abbey.

After the abbey was destroyed during the Thirty Years War , it was rebuilt and then redesigned in the Baroque style in the 18th century .

In the course of the French Revolution , the monastery was dissolved in 1791 and the monastery property fell to the state. The church became a parish church , the convent buildings served different purposes, from 1829 as a school for the Marianists .

Population development
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2017
Residents 409 436 407 434 445 435 460 521
Source: INSEE

Ebersmunster Abbey Church

The former Benedictine abbey church on Rue du Gén Leclerc

The three-towered former abbey church of St. Mauritius , the work of the Vorarlberg architect Peter Thumb, is remarkable . The church, which was rebuilt after a fire in the previous church and completed in 1727, is considered to be one of the most beautiful baroque churches in eastern France. In the church there is an organ built by Andreas Silbermann from 1730–1732 , which is one of the best-preserved works by the famous organ builder. It was carefully restored from 1997 to 1999.

Every year from May to July, a series of concerts is held in the abbey church, Les Heures Musicales d'Ebersmunster , the proceeds of which go towards the restoration of the church.

Parish partnership

Ebersmunster's partner community in Germany is St. Peter in the Black Forest.

See also

literature

  • Dorothée Eggenberger-Billerbeck: The former Benedictine church Ebersmünster. A contribution to Vorarlberg's baroque architecture . Dissertation, Haguenau 1974 ( Societé d'Histoire de l'Église d'Alsace )
  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1204-1207.

Web links

Commons : Ebersmunster  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

proof

  1. ^ Alsace à vélo - Cycling in Alsace. (PDF; 6.7 MB) Retrieved on August 18, 2020 ( cycling map ).
  2. ^ Dorothée Eggenberger-Billerbeck: The former Benedictine church Ebersmünster. A contribution to Vorarlberg's baroque architecture . Dissertation, Haguenau 1974, p. 165
  3. Website of the community - Histoire ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / commune-ebersmunster.fr
  4. ^ Jumelages France - Bade-Wurtemberg. Retrieved August 18, 2020 (French).