Riedisheim

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Riedisheim
Coat of arms of Riedisheim
Riedisheim (France)
Riedisheim
region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Mulhouse
Canton Rixheim
Community association Mulhouse Alsace agglomeration
Coordinates 47 ° 45 '  N , 7 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 45 '  N , 7 ° 22'  E
height 232-345 m
surface 6.96 km 2
Residents 12,645 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,817 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 68400
INSEE code
Website http://www.ville-riedisheim.fr/

Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville )

Riedisheim (Alsatian Riedese ) is a French town with 12,645 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). The city belongs to the arrondissement of Mulhouse and the canton of Rixheim .

geography

Riedisheim is about 30 km away from Basel (Switzerland) and to Müllheim (Germany) the distance is about 20 km. The municipality of Riedisheim connects directly to the south-east of the city center of Mulhouse . The Canal du Rhône au Rhin (German Rhine-Rhône Canal ) runs in the north of the municipality .

Neighboring communities of Riedisheim are Illzach in the north, Rixheim in the east, Bruebach in the south, Brunstatt in the southwest and Mulhouse in the west and northwest.

history

Riedisheim was first mentioned in 1004 under the name Rudinisheim . The place has had its current name since 1832. In the 15th century it came at the request of Emperor Maximilian I to the lords of Thierstein . The coat of arms depicting a stag comes from the coat of arms of this sex.

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

Population development
year 1910 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2017
Residents 5678 8483 9811 12,403 12,175 11,868 12.101 12.092 12,645

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame church on the site of the former Redemptorist monastery (Rue de la Wanne)
  • Sainte-Afre Church on Rue du Maréchal Foch
  • The Reformed Protestant Church ( EPRAL ) on Rue de la Marne
  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church from 1982 on Rue de Habsheim
  • Lavoir to be restored opposite the Sainte-Afre church
  • Villa Bienstock

Town twinning

Since 1987 there has been a town partnership between Riedisheim and the German town of Munderkingen .

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 541-543.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Mülhausen district