Bischwiller Explained

Bischwiller
Native Name:	Bìschweiler
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Armoiries de Bischwiller.svg
Arrondissement:	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton:	Bischwiller
Insee:	67046
Postal Code:	67240
Mayor:	Jean-Lucien Netzer^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Haguenau
Coordinates:	48.7667°N 7.8575°W
Elevation Min M:	123
Elevation Max M:	147
Area Km2:	17.25

Bischwiller (in French pronounced as /biʃvilɛʁ/; ; Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian: Bíschwiller) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France,^[2] just west of the river Moder.

Geography

The city is 7.8km (04.8miles) southeast of Haguenau, 8km (05miles) west-northwest of the German border and the Rhine (Rhin), and lies 22km (14miles) 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".^[3]

Culture

• Maison des Arts (Bischwiller)
• Musée de la Laub

Personalities

• 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.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/67046-bischwiller INSEE commune file
3. Gasparini. William. Koebel. Michel. Le football communautaire : enquête dans les clubs alsaciens, France. Sciences de la société. 2017. 101. 101 . 144–167. 10.4000/sds.6469 . free.
4. News: Scott . Forek . Christian Gutnecht-Goodnight: 'The dark and bloody ground' . September 9, 2007 . Chicago Sun-Times . March 20, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090304232401/http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/familytree/545443,BSX-News-wotreeb09.article . March 4, 2009 . dead .
5. http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/international/obama_als_superstar_berlins_1.791562.html Neue Zürcher Zeitung 24 juillet 2008
6. News: Obama's forefathers include Swiss immigrant: archivist . September 24, 2008 . Agence France-Presse.
7. News: Robert . Harneis . Goodnight Mr. President . January 20, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090131052827/http://www.french-news.com/content/view/5275/318/ . dead . January 31, 2009 . French News . March 20, 2009 .