Rixheim

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Rixheim
Rixheim coat of arms
Rixheim (France)
Rixheim
region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Mulhouse
Canton Rixheim (chief lieu)
Community association Mulhouse Alsace agglomeration
Coordinates 47 ° 45 '  N , 7 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 45 '  N , 7 ° 24'  E
height 232-366 m
surface 19.53 km 2
Residents 13,902 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 712 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 68170
INSEE code 68278
Website http://www.rixheim.fr/

Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville )

Rixheim (Alsatian Rixa ) is a French town with 13,902 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

Rixheim is just under six kilometers east of Mulhouse . The Rixheim sword is named after its first location . A commander of the Teutonic Order was located here , whose building, which still exists today, was built by Johann Caspar Bagnato . It was subordinate to the Deutschordensballei Altshausen .

Neighboring communities of Rixheim are Sausheim in the north, Ottmarsheim in the northeast, Hombourg in the east, Habsheim and Zimmerheim in the south, Bruebach in the southwest, Riedisheim in the west and Illzach in the northwest.

Illzach Sausheim Ottmarsheim
Riedisheim Wind rose small.svg Hombourg
Bruebach Habsheim , room home

history

Rixheim was first mentioned in 823 under the name Richeneshies . For a long time the place was a center of wallpaper production . This fact owes the existence of the wallpaper museum. It is located on the site of the wallpaper production of Zuber et Cie , the Coming of the Teutonic Order, which has been in existence since 1797 and shows the history of wallpaper from the 18th century to today.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2016
Residents 4869 5723 8419 10,718 11,669 12,608 13,103 14,073

Economy and Infrastructure

The Mexican building materials manufacturer Cemex operates a fresh concrete plant in Rixheim .

education

Rixheim is the seat of a state secondary school, the Collège Capitaine Dreyfus named after Alfred Dreyfus . There are also four kindergartens, four elementary schools and a music school in the city.

Culture and sights

In Rixheim there are the old buildings of a commander of the Teutonic Order , the town church of St. Leodegar, a fountain depicting Johannes Nepomuk , a memorial for the fallen and a wallpaper museum ( Musée du papier peint ).

  • City Church of St. Leodegar

  • Fountain of Johannes Nepomuk

  • Teutonic Order Coming

  • Wallpaper museum

  • Presbytery in front of the town church St. Leodegar

  • Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception

  • Protestant church

Twin cities

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 544-547.

Web links

Commons : Rixheim  - collection of images, videos and audio files