Mittelbergheim

Means Bergheim is a commune with 655 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region. It belongs to the district Sélestat - Erstein, for Canton Barr and founded in 1995, Local Government Association, Piedmont de Barr.

The municipality is counted by the Association Les plus beaux villages de France 's most beautiful villages in France.

Geography

Means Bergheim is located at the foot of the Vosges between Barr and Andlau on the Alsace Wine Route (Route des Vins d' Alsace), about 25 kilometers southwest of Strasbourg.

History

The place was the original headquarters of the noble family of the Barons and Counts of Berckheim.

Demographics

Attractions

  • St. Stephen Church ( Église Saint- Étienne ), built in 1893

Economy

In Central Mountain Home is the Alsace Grand Cru Zotzenberg. Here is a so-called Alsace wine flip book, in which the wine prices and the conditions of viticulture are entered consistently performed since 1456.

Others

The Polish Literature, Czeslaw Milosz visited Mittelbergheim the mid-1950s and wrote a poem about the village.

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