Mittelbergheim
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein | |
| Canton | Obernai | |
| Community association | Pays de Barr | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 24 ' N , 7 ° 27' E | |
| height | 187-340 m | |
| surface | 3.83 km 2 | |
| Residents | 650 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 170 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67140 | |
| INSEE code | 67295 | |
| Website | www.mittelbergheim.fr | |
 Typical winery in Mittelbergheim |
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Mittelbergheim is a French commune with 650 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region ( Alsace until 2015 ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Sélestat-Erstein and the Canton of Obernai .
The commune is listed as one of the most beautiful villages in France by the association Les plus beaux villages de France .
geography
Mittelbergheim is located at the foot of the Vosges between Barr and Andlau on the Alsace Wine Route ( Route des vins d'Alsace ), about 25 kilometers southwest of Strasbourg .
history
The place was the original ancestral seat of the noble family of barons and counts of Berckheim .
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Mittelbergheim belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Schlettstadt district in the Lower Alsace district .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 677 | 613 | 640 | 651 | 647 | 628 | 617 | 675 | 660 |
Attractions
- Evangelical church with choir tower from the 12th century
- Roman Catholic Church of St. Stephen ( Église Saint-Étienne ), built in 1893
- Tomb slab of a monk from the 12th century, now attached to the Gilg winery
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economy
In Mittelbergheim lying Alsace Grand Cru -Location Zotzenberg . A wine booklet , so-called in Alsace , in which the wine prices and the conditions of viticulture are entered, has been kept here since 1456.
Others
The Polish Nobel Prize for Literature, Czesław Miłosz, visited Mittelbergheim in the mid-1950s and wrote a poem about the village.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 71-73.
Web links
- Mittelbergheim on wiki.geneanet.org (French)
- Views of Mittelbergheim
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mittelbergheim on Les plus Beaux Villages de France (French)
- ↑ Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 - Schlettstadt district