Rosheim
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Rosheim (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[2]
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History
Rosheim was first mentioned in a document in 778 as Rodasheim. In 1262 it received its town charter, combined with the right to build a town wall. From the 14th to 17th centuries, Rosheim was an Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire, and founded the Décapole confederation with nine other Alsatian Imperial Cities in 1354, the goal was to maintain their rights. Like the other Decapolitan cities, it was awarded to France by the Peace of Westphalia and finally lost its independence under the Treaties of Nijmegen and was annexed by France.
Population
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Sights
- Church Saint-Pierre-et-Paul (building 12th century, tower 14th century, organ 18th century)
- Church Saint-Etienne (18th century, belltower 12th century)
- Maison païenne (“pagan house”, 12th century)
- City Hall (18th century)
- Old well (Puits aux six seaux) (17th century)
- Four fortified tower-gates (13th and 14th century)
- Half-timbered houses (16th century)
Notable people
- Heinrich Eggestein (ca. 1415–88), pioneering book printer
- Jean-Marie Lehn (born 1939), Nobel Prize 1987
- Claude Vasconi (born 1940), architect
See also
References
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External links
- Official website
- Official tourist office website Template:Webarchive
- Pictures of the Saint Peter and Paul's church
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