commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...
Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administra ...
in north-eastern
France
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Belfort
Belfort (; archaic german: Beffert/Beffort) is a city in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Northeastern France, situated between Lyon and Strasbourg, approximately from the France–Switzerland border. It is the prefecture of the Terri ...
with Brumath, the village has been occupied since the
Neolithic
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several p ...
.Pays de Sainte odile (French) the village is mentioned for the first time in a
parchment
Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared untanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves, and goats. It has been used as a writing medium for over two millennia. Vellum is a finer quality parchment made from the skins o ...
dating from 742 where it says that the convent of
Wissembourg
Wissembourg (; South Franconian: ''Weisseburch'' ; German: ''Weißenburg'' ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
It is situated on the little river Lauter close to the border between France and Germany a ...
had possessions in ''Maistersheim''.
Initially the village belonged to the Count of Nordgau and from 742 to 1030 to different abbeys. The
fief
A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form ...
was then acquired by the
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of Strasbourg and later by the Landsberg family, who held it up to the
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...
.
During the seventeenth century the village was pillaged by passing Imperial, Swedish,
Lorraine
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and French troops. Famine came because of rigorous winters and poor harvests.
The village was also home to Eugène Grau, who founded a successful family butchers business which continued for several generations. The family also owned a large property used for
Monumental masonry
Monumental masonry (also known as memorial masonry) is a kind of stonemasonry focused on the creation, installation and repairs of headstones (also known as gravestones and tombstones) and other memorials.
Cultural significance
In Christian c ...
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Points of interest
The catholic church, ''Saint André'', was built from 1911 to 1919, consecrated in 1922 and is at 75 m the highest in Bas-Rhin outside of Strasbourg.
File:2010.05.29.132234 Mairie Meistratzheim FR.jpg, Town Hall
File:2010.05.29.133044 Evangelische Kirche Meistratzheim FR.jpg, Evangelical church
File:2010.05.29.141218 Fachadas Meistratzheim FR.jpg, House facades
File:2010.05.29.132922 Katholische Kirche Meistratzheim FR.jpg, Catholic church Saint André
File:2010.05.29.141143 Katholische Kirche Meistratzheim FR.jpg, Madonna at the entrance lintel of Saint André
File:2010.05.29.141349 Crucifijo Meistratzheim FR.jpg, Crucifixion group at Rue de L'Eglise
File:2010.05.29.142109 Vista Meistratzheim FR.jpg, View of the town from Niedernai
See also
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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
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