Boofzheim

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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION		CLOSEST TOWNS
Town	Boofzheim	Rhinau at 2.3 km (3 min)
Insee code	67055	Friesenheim at 3.1 km (4 min)
Postcode	67860	Obenheim at 4.3 km (5 min)
Latitude	48.3334509	Herbsheim at 4.5 km (5 min)
Longitude	7.6768380	Diebolsheim at 4.9 km (6 min)
Altitude	From 155 to 161 meters	Daubensand at 5.3 km (7 min)
Surface	11.94 km²	Rossfeld at 6.3 km (7 min)
Population	1213 inhabitants	Gerstheim at 7 km (9 min)
Density	100 inhabitants/km²	Witternheim at 7.4 km (8 min)
Chief town	Strasbourg (at 38 km, 33 min)	Sand at 9.2 km (11 min)
Department	Bas-Rhin	Bindernheim at 9.2 km (11 min)
Region	Alsace	Search another town

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TOWN PRESENTATION

Boofzheim is mentioned for the first time in the 9th century under the name of Botesheim. According to some historians, in 401, an Alemannic tribe moved into the village under the orders of a chief named Boffi or Boffo, hence the name Boofzheim. But the discovery of Roman coins in bronze, in the village, suggests the Roman presence.

Around 1221, the bishopric of Strasbourg and the Abbey of Saint-Etienne captured the essential property of the village. In 1501, the family becomes Mieg Lord Boofzheim and gives her arms to the town. In 1545 the Reformation was introduced by Mieg family and the church Saint-Etienne is transformed into a temple and then between 1687 and 1854, it will serve simultaneously to both faiths. In 1855, the sanctuary is given to Catholics, the Protestant community who had built his own church.

In 1636, in full Thirty Years War, the Swedes destroyed the village. Boofzheim owes its restocking immigration of families from Switzerland and Holland.

Boofzheim suffered most during the Second World War, the village has been devastated over 30% and the inhabitants were evacuated in 1939 to the Dordogne. The common Boofzheim and Saint-Aubin-de-Cadelech (Dordogne) have confirmed their bond of friendship by pairing in August 1986.

SIGHTSEEING

The Catholic Church: A site of this church, there is already a first building in 1211, which was rebuilt in 1522. When the reformed religion is transformed into a temple, then, between 1687 and 1854 in Simultaneum. It is made to use only Catholic in 1855, the Protestant community who had built his own temple. Amended in 1870 by building a larger ship, then by the addition of a choir in 1896, the new building preserves the gatehouse and the ruins of the first bay of the nave of the 16th century.

The Protestant Church: For the construction of this temple, built on land bought from the town in 1849, the poorest inhabitants of Boofzheim are hired. Foundations, walls and roof were completed in 1854. The organ manufactured in 1854 by the House Stiehr seltzer, is modeled after that of Orschwihr, the bells are cast in the same year, and the clock is made by the workshop SCHWILGUE in Strasbourg. The temple was inaugurated March 18, 1855. The nave opens onto a large semi-circular apse, which was a central chair surrounded by stalls occupied by the church council. The stained glass and paintings are renovated in 1886, the temple was restored in 1905.

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