Bischwiller
Commune in Grand Est, France
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Bischwiller (French pronunciation: [biʃvilɛʁ] ⓘ; German: Bischweiler; Alsatian: Bíschwiller)[a] is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France,[4] just west of the river Moder.
Bischwiller
Bìschweiler | |
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La Laub, former town hall, now a museum | |
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| Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 7°51′27″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg |
| Canton | Bischwiller |
| Intercommunality | CA Haguenau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Lucien Netzer[1] |
Area 1 | 17.25 km2 (6.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 12,242 |
| • Density | 709.7/km2 (1,838/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67046 /67240 |
| Elevation | 123–147 m (404–482 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
The city is 7.8 kilometers (4.8 mi) southeast of Haguenau, 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) west-northwest of the German border and the Rhine (Rhin), and lies 22 kilometers (14 mi) north-northeast of Strasbourg.
The Moder, a Rhine tributary, flows across the town. Among the other streams which cross the area can be cited the following tributaries of the Moder: the Rothbaechel, the Erlengraben and the Waschgraben. The last one is formed by the confluence of two smaller streams named Weihergraben and Schnuchgraben.
Population
Due to its large Turkish minority, Bischwiller has been pejoratively dubbed "Turcwiller" or "Bischtanbul".[5]
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Culture
Personalities
- Claude Vigée, poet
- Jacob Kirkman and Abraham Kirkman, harpsichord makers
- Jean Daum, glassware manufacturer
- Lucien Muller, footballer
- Otto Meißner, German politician
- Christian Goodnight (born Christian Gutknecht) is a direct-line ancestor of former U.S. President Barack Obama.[8][9][10][11]
Photo gallery
Ancient timber-framed pharmacy
Saint-Augustin church
Bischwiller town hall
Protestant temple: tombstone of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died in 1604) tombstone
