Rosheim

Rosheim

Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Church in Rosheim

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Rosheim

Coordinates: 48°30′N 7°28′E / 48.50°N 7.47°E / 48.50; 7.47Coordinates: 48°30′N 7°28′E / 48.50°N 7.47°E / 48.50; 7.47
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Molsheim
Canton Molsheim
Government
  Mayor (2008–14) Michel Herr
Area1 29.55 km2 (11.41 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 4,776
  Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 67411 / 67560
Elevation 164–842 m (538–2,762 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
Imperial City of Rosheim
Reichsstadt Rosheim (de)
Ville libre impériale de Rosheim (fr)
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
1303–1679


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Capital Rosheim
Government Republic
Historical era Middle Ages
  First mentioned 778
   Imperial immediacy 1303
  Foundation of
    the Décapole

1354
  Awarded to France 1648
   Abolition of Décapole
    and of Rosheimer
    independence
1679
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Swabia
Early modern France

Rosheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

It lies 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Strasbourg, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. It is a winemaking town on the tourist "Road of the Wines of Alsace" and the Route Romane d'Alsace ("Romanesque route of Alsace").

Geography

Distance from Paris 450 km, Strasbourg 25 km, Obernai 7 km, Molsheim 7 km.

History

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. 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.

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