Issenheim

Issenheim ( German Isenheim ) is a commune with 3451 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Haut-Rhin in the Alsace region. It belongs to the district Guebwiller, the canton of Soultz -Haut-Rhin and the Municipal Association of Région de Guebwiller.

Geography

Issenheim is located on the leek, a left tributary of the River Ill, about 20 kilometers south of Colmar and 20 kilometers north of Mulhouse. It is bordered on the west by Guebwiller, the capital of the arrondissement, on the northwest by Bergholtz, on the north by Gundolsheim, to the east by Merxheim, on the southeast by Raedersheim and on the southwest by Soultz-Haut- Rhin, the capital of the canton.

History

The place belonged to the early Middle Ages to the Benedictine Abbey Murbach. 1229 Issenheim went over to the Habsburgs. End of the 13th century, the St. Anthony Medal founded a branch here. The Antoniter cared mainly about the people who were infected by the St. Anthony's fire, a disease that causes slow and agonizing death. Beginning of the 16th century created Matthias Grünewald for the Antonite the Isenheim altar, which is now on display in Under the Linden Museum of Colmar.

Attractions

• The Church of St. Michael and the Präzeptorat in the former Issenheim Antonite St. Joseph 's Monument historique since 1988.
• In the Church of Saint -André in 1826 is an organ of the organ builder Joseph Callinet of 1834.

Church of Saint -André

Partnership

Since 1974, there is an official partnership with the community grove field in Lower Austria.