Bischwiller
Bischwiller (French pronunciation: [biʃvilɛʁ] ⓘ; German: Bischweiler; Alsatian: Bíschwiller)[lower-alpha 1] 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 | |
| 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 (2021)[2] | 12,435 |
| • Density | 720/km2 (1,900/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. | |
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.
Due to its large Turkish minority, Bischwiller has been pejoratively dubbed "Turcwiller" or "Bischtanbul".[5]
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- Henri Baumer, master carpenter
- 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]
- Ancient timber-framed pharmacy
- Saint-Augustin church
- Bischwiller town hall
- Protestant temple: tombstone of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died in 1604) tombstone
- Also spelt Bishweiller in some older sources.[3]
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- Gasparini, William; Koebel, Michel (2017). "Le football communautaire : enquête dans les clubs alsaciens, France". Sciences de la société. 101 (101): 144–167. doi:10.4000/sds.6469.
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bischwiller, EHESS (in French).
- Forek, Scott (September 9, 2007). "Christian Gutnecht-Goodnight: 'The dark and bloody ground'". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- Neue Zürcher Zeitung 24 juillet 2008, Die Zeit of the same day, and Zeitmagazin Leben 24.7.2008, N.31, p.14-15 (the article in the Zeitmagazin contains a complete genealogy of Barack Obama)
- "Obama's forefathers include Swiss immigrant: archivist". Agence France-Presse. September 24, 2008.
- Harneis, Robert (January 20, 2009). "Goodnight Mr. President". French News. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- Rapp, comte Jean (1823), Memoirs of General Count Rapp: First Aide-de-camp to Napoleon, H. Colburn and Company
