Bischwiller (; ; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France,INSEE commune file just west of the river Moder.
Geography
The city is southeast of Haguenau, west-northwest of the German border and the Rhine (Rhin), and lies 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".
Culture
Maison des Arts (Bischwiller) Musée de la Laub
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.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)
Photo gallery
See also Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
Notes
References
External links
Official website