Rixheim

Rixheim (Alsatian Rixa ) is a French town with 13,145 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Haut-Rhin in the Alsace region. The city belongs to the district Mulhouse, on the Canton Habs home and is a member of the Mulhouse Alsace AgglomÃ.

Geography

Rixheim is almost six kilometers east of Mulhouse. After his first locality Rixheim the sword is named. Here was one of the Teutonic Order, whose still existing buildings were built by Johann Caspar Bagnato. She was under the Deutschordensballei Altshausen.

Neighboring communities of Rixheim are Sausheim in the north, Ottmar home in the Northeast, Hombourg in the East, Habs home and room home in the south, Bruebach the southwest, Riedisheim in the west and Illzach in the northwest.

History

Long the place was a center of the wallpaper production. This fact is the existence of the Tapestry Museum owe. It is at the site of the existing wallpapers since 1797 production, the German Order Coming, housed and traces the history of wallpaper from the 18th century until today.

Economy and infrastructure

The Mexican building materials manufacturer Cemex operates a fresh concrete plant in Rixheim.

Rixheim is the seat of a state secondary school, named after Alfred Dreyfus of the Collège Capitaine Dreyfus.

Demographics

Attractions

  • Church of St. Leger
  • Former German Order - Coming, is now home to the town hall (Hôtel de ville) and the Wallpaper Museum ( Musée du peint paper )

Twin Cities

Rixheim maintains partnerships with the communities

And

  • Valence-sur- Baise Canton in the Midi -Pyrénées

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Carl Feer -Herzog (1820-1880), Swiss politician, businessman and railway pioneer
  • Emil August Allgeyer (1856-1924), Spiritanerpater, Bishop, Vicar Apostolic of Zanzibar.
  • Karl Ernst Theodor Hauviller (1866-1938), German historian, archivist, church political publicist
  • ? Zisswiller, Telegraph secretary, was appointed in 1908 to the Postmaster-General of the Kingdom of Siam
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