Nambsheim

Nambsheim is a commune with 608 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Haut-Rhin in the Alsace region. It belongs to the district of Colmar, Canton of Neuf- Brisach and community association Pays de Brisach.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 4.1 Road Access

Geography

The Alsatian community extends in the plain west of the Upper Rhine, which here forms the border with Germany (or Baden -Württemberg). It is located about 20 km southeast of Colmar and south-west of Freiburg im Breisgau. In the east Nambsheim has a share of the Rhine side channel with the Ile de Kembs -Neuf -Brisach.

Neighboring communities

Adjacent communities are Heiteren in the north, Geiswasser in the northeast, Hartheim am Rhein ( Germany ) in the southeast, southwest, and Balgau in Rustenhart in the West.

History

Some tombs from the Roman and Merovingian period in the municipality give evidence of prehistoric colonization of Nambsheim. The first written mention of the village took place towards the end of the 10th century, when the Bishop of Strasbourg Widerold the Benedictine Abbey of Eschau ceded lands to Nambsheim. At the former branch of the Rhine east of Nambsheim was formerly a port, which was operated by the Strasbourg bishop in the Abbey of Eschau in the 10th century. The village belonged from the 13th century, the Habsburgs, who talked here a customs station for the Rhineland trade and Zollbühl castle (now Motte du Péage ) were housed. This was actually around the Castle Nambsheim, the first came in the 16th century to mention and in the 19th century disappeared from the records. 1389 - now the village was a fief of Wernher von Ratolzdorf - Nambsheim was sacked by Bernard of Beblenheim. 1513 bought the imperial treasurer Jacob Villingen Schoenberg the castle and a large part of the village.

Already in 1536 sold the widow of the imperial treasurer, the goods of the village to the town of Colmar, resold it to Peter Scheer Schwartzberg. As a result Nambsheim went gradually into the hands of the noble families of Landeck, from Rappoltstein, by Klug, of Greiff, of Schauenbergstrasse and Anthes. Having had already changed while maintaining the existing feudal lords in the second half of the 17th century, the sovereignty of the German Reich to France, 1789, the French central administration has been introduced.

From 1871 to 1918 belonged Nambsheim as the entire Alsace to the German Reich in the National Rural Alsace-Lorraine. 1910 were registered in Nambsheim 355 inhabitants. During the Second World War, the population was evacuated to Bouglon (Lot- et- Garonne) in 1939 and liberated in 1945 by the German occupation. Throughout its history, the Alsatian village of multiple major fires fell victim, as in the years 1632, 1914, 1615, 1790 and 1915.

Demographics

Attractions

The Church of St. Stephen ( Saint- Étienne ) dates from the 19th century, the current tower was built in 1937.

Economy

Nambsheim was for decades a particularly influenced by the traditional cattle and pigs and grain farming community. Meanwhile, an equally important activity area originated. There, the renowned chemical company DuPont de Nemours has settled with a research center, which operates in the area of ​​products for sustainable development aid.

Transport links

Through the municipal area the roads department ( the village of east parallel to the Rhine ) run 52 and 468, the Federal Highway 5 is a cross-regional artery directly on the other side of the Rhine in Germany. The base situated therein junction Hart Home / Heiterheim is located just 5 km southeast of Nambsheim, and is about the but closed to heavy goods traffic in 2006, this bridge over the Rhine at Fessenheim easily accessible, so that the village as a whole is very well connected to the road network.

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