Erstein (, ; gsw, label=
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* Alemannic German, a dialect family in the Upper German branch of the German languages and its speakers
* Alemanni, a confederation of Suebian Germanic tribes in the Roman period
* Alamanni (surna ...
, Eerstain) is a
commune in the
Bas-Rhin
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department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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, in the
region
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of
Grand Est
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Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administrat ...
,
France
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.
History
An important
necropolis
A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead".
The term usually im ...
from the
Merovingian era (6th-7th century) has been excavated near Erstein in 1999–2000.
Erstein was known in Alsace in the
Middle Age
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for its
canonesses
monastery, founded in the 9th century and abandoned in 1422. The buildings were destroyed in the 16th and 19th centuries.
Demographics
Twin towns
*
Endingen am Kaiserstuhl
*
São João de Loure
File:Erstein1.JPG, Erstein Street
File:Erstein2.JPG, Near Ill River
File:Erstein3.jpg, Calvaire (1746)
File:Erstein4.JPG, Old Factory
People
*
Laure Diebold, (1915–1965),
Compagnon de la Libération, was born in Erstein
*
François-Joseph d'Offenstein (1760–1837) French general, was born in Erstein
See also
*
Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
References
Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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