Hœnheim

picture info	Hœnheim Hœnheim (; also spelled ''Hoenheim''; ; gsw-FR, Heene) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Heraldry "D'or aux trois corbeaux de sable posés deux et un". ("Of gold, three sand crows posed two and one".) The three black crows come from the legend of the monk Benedict of Nursia, father of the monastic rule of the Benedictines. Saint Benedict lived withdrawn in a cave and shared his food with a crow, which came each day to visit him. A jealous priest sent poisoned bread to him. He gave it to the crow while saying to him to throw it in a place inaccessible to men. The crow was then a symbol of obligingness, intelligence and fidelity. Geography Hœnheim lies north of Strasbourg. The neighboring communes of Hœnheim are (North to South): Souffelweyersheim, Reichstett (canton of Mundolsheim), an enclave of Bischheim, an enclave of Schiltigheim (canton of Schiltigheim). Hœnheim is located on the river Ill and the Rhine-Marne canal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mundolsheim Mundolsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also Communes of the Bas-Rhin department References Communes of Bas-Rhin {{BasRhin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Souffelweyersheim Souffelweyersheim (; also german: Suffelweyersheim, ; gsw, Süffelwirsche in the Alsatian dialect) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, northeastern France, and is part of metropolitan Strasbourg. Etymology Souffelweyersheim means: the village on the pond of Souffel. Souffel (the Souffel river) + Weyer (the pond) + S (of) + Heim (hamlet, village). Locally the name is shortened and the village is called Souffel. Geography The village covers an area of 451 hectares (1114 acres), and is located 6 km (3¾ miles) north of Strasbourg at an altitude of 140 metres (460 ft). Located in the plain of Alsace, between the massifs of the Vosges and the Black Forest, the plain is bisected by the Souffel river from which the village takes its name. This river rises in Kuttolsheim and joins the Ill river, a tributary of the Rhine, a little south of Wantzenau after flowing . History In 1790, the formerly common pasture meadows were subdivided, and sections were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Reichstett Reichstett () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Fort Rapp is located here. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{BasRhin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Communes Of France The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Diocese Of Strasbourg The Archdiocese of Strasbourg ( la, Archidioecesis Argentoratensis o Argentinensis; french: Archidiocèse de Strasbourg; german: Erzbistum Straßburg; gsw-FR, Ärzbischofsìtz Strossburi(g)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, first mentioned in 343 AD. It is one of nine archbishoprics in France that have no suffragan dioceses, and it is the only one of those to be exempt to the Holy See in Rome and not within a metropolitan's ecclesiastical province. It has been headed by Archbishop Luc Ravel since February 2017. History The Diocese of Strasbourg was first mentioned in 343, belonging to the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishopric of Mainz since Carolingian times. Archeological diggings below the current Saint Stephen’s Church, Strasbourg (Saint-Étienne) in 1948 and 1956 have unearthed the apse of a church dating back to the late 4th or early 5th century, considered the oldest church in Alsace. It is supposed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]