- Rosheim
Rosheim is a small town and commune in
Alsace ,France . It lies in theBas-Rhin "département", 25km south-west ofStrasbourg , on the eastern slopes of theVosges mountains . It is a winemaking town on the touristic "Road of the Wines of Alsace" and "Romanesque route of Alsace".Geography
Altitude 190 m. -
Paris 450 km. -Strasbourg : 25 km.Obernai 7 km.Molsheim 7 km.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)Famous people
*
Heinrich Eggestein (ca. 1415-1488), pioneering book printer
*Jean-Marie Lehn (born 1939), Nobel Prize 1987
*Claude Vasconi (born1940 ), architectExternal links
* [http://www.rosheim.com www.rosheim.com]
* [http://www.tourisme.fr/office-de-tourisme/rosheim.htm www.tourisme.fr/office-de-tourisme/rosheim.htm]
* [http://www.art-roman.net/rosheim/rosheim1.htm Pictures (two pages) of the Saint Peter and Paul's church]
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