Rosheim
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Rosheim is a small town and commune in Alsace, France. It lies in the Bas-Rhin département, 25km south-west of Strasbourg, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. It is a winemaking town on the touristic "Road of the Wines of Alsace" and "Romanesque route of Alsace".
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[edit] Geography
Altitude 190 m. - Paris 450 km. - Strasbourg : 25 km. Obernai 7 km. Molsheim 7 km.
[edit] Sights
- Church Saint-Pierre-et-Paul (building 12th century, tower 14th century, organ 18th century)
- Church Saint-Etienne (18th century, belltower 12th century)
- Maison païenne (“pagan house”, 12th century)
- City Hall (18th century)
- Old well (Puits aux six seaux) (17th century)
- Four fortified tower-gates (13th and 14th century)
- Half-timbered houses (16th century)
[edit] Famous people
- Heinrich Eggestein (ca. 1415-1488), pioneering book printer
- Jean-Marie Lehn (born 1939), Nobel Prize 1987
- Claude Vasconi (born 1940), architect
[edit] External links
- www.rosheim.com
- www.tourisme.fr/office-de-tourisme/rosheim.htm
- Pictures (two pages) of the Saint Peter and Paul's church
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