Kolbsheim is a commune in the

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin () is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lower altitude among the two French Rhine departments: it is downstream of the Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine) de ...

department in

Grand Est Grand Est (; ) is an Regions of France, administrative region in northeastern France. It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ...

in north-eastern

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. Between June 1974 and January 1983 the commune was merged with

Duppigheim Duppigheim (; ; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Duppigheim station has rail connections to Strasbourg and Molsheim. Notable people * Jean Bugatti died in a car accident in Duppigheim * Arsène W ...

Geography

Kolbsheim is an Alsatian village positioned a short distance to the south-west of

Strasbourg Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...

, and less than two kilometres from

Strasbourg Airport Strasbourg Airport (; ; ) is a minor international airport located in Entzheim and 10 km (6.2 miles) west-southwest of Strasbourg, both '' communes'' of the Bas-Rhin ''département'' in the Alsace '' région'' of France. In 2018, the airp ...

. Adjacent communes are Hangenbieten,

Breuschwickersheim Breuschwickersheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The Château de Breuschwickersheim is situated here. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 ...

and Ernolsheim sur Bruche.

Notable people

Jacques Maritain Jacques Maritain (; 18 November 1882 – 28 April 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised as a Protestant, he was agnostic before converting to Catholicism in 1906. An author of more than 60 books, he helped to revive Thomas Aqui ...