Gambsheim

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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION		CLOSEST TOWNS
Town	Gambsheim	Kilstett at 3.1 km (5 min)
Insee code	67151	Offendorf at 3.4 km (6 min)
Postcode	67760	Herrlisheim at 4.7 km (6 min)
Latitude	48.6918190	La Wantzenau at 6.9 km (9 min)
Longitude	7.8866990	Rohrwiller at 9.6 km (8 min)
Altitude	From 126 to 131 meters	Bietlenheim at 9.7 km (13 min)
Surface	17.38 km²	Drusenheim at 12.3 km (12 min)
Population	4377 inhabitants	Hoenheim at 13.2 km (15 min)
Density	250 inhabitants/km²	Bischwiller at 13.2 km (12 min)
National label		Bischheim at 14 km (17 min)
Chief town	Strasbourg (at 25 km, 22 min)	Oberhoffen-sur-Moder at 14.6 km (12 min)
Department	Bas-Rhin	Dalhunden at 15.3 km (16 min)
Region	Alsace	Search another town

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TOWN PRESENTATION

Geographic location:

As one of the towns of Ried in northern strung along the Rhine, Gambsheim, with its 1736 hectares, is located on the road and rail Strasbourg - Lauterbourg and 18 km away from the capital of Alsace and 2 km of river. Its height varies between 128 and 131 meters above sea level the last census the town had over 4000 inhabitants.
By the construction of the reach of Gambsheim, realization France and Germany, a bridge links the two countries. On the central bridge pier head a monument to commemorate the Schuman first achievement of two states.

History:

First citation: The village, built on a bend of the Rhine, is very old. It's proximity to a ford of the river that had to hold the first inhabitants. Finds of the Bronze Age, Gallo-Roman and Merovingian confirm the existence of a habitat well before its first mention. It is a charter of 16 April 748 which names the place "Gamhbapine". Boron family of Etichonids, Duke of Alsace, gives the village with fields, meadows, forests and grasslands to monks of Honau located on an island in the Rhine at 5 km upstream. In 884, Emperor Charles the Fat, confirmed the donation and called the village "Gamanesheim". At the same time appears for the first time "Biure" Bettenhoffen now encompassed by Gambsheim. The hamlet held the role of city parish until after the Second World War. Named "Bethof" in 1264, it housed a church that already served as parish Gambsheim, and Kilstett Bettenhoffen.
Pledged: In 1290, the monks left the abbey of Honau ruined by the waves of the Rhine to settle on an island in the Rhine Rhinau, the properties returned to the bishop of Strasbourg, which in incorporated in the Bailiwick of The Wantzenau. As a result of difficulty, the village was pledged in 1398 to Reinbold Huffel, knight, and Nicolas Merschwin as Lender of Strasbourg. In 1420, half went to the Wirich Hohenbourg and John Knapp of Strasbourg for the sum of 1420 guilders. The other half was sold in 1453 for 1300 guilders Conrad Bock, Esq. The first half of this commitment was bought by the Grand Chapter in 1435 and the second in 1468.
Wars and pillage: Through the passage of many troops in the Rhine corridor, in history, the town has suffered. In 1388, the troops of the Margrave of Baden put the village on fire. During the War of Thieves in 1587, the village was looted, as well as in 1592 during the War of Bishops. But most important was the Thirty Years War. With the approach of the soldiery of Mansfeld in winter 1622, the population took refuge on the islands of the Rhine and Baden and did not return at Christmas. Eighty houses and stables were burned. During the Swedish invasion in 1636, she has again the islands of the Rhine. After the misery of this war, the pity dedicated Christian chapel north of the village to the Virgin Dolorosa. The brief incursions of the War of Spanish Succession and Austria in the 18th century rechasseront villagers on the islands of the Rhine. During the revolutionary period, on 1 December 1793, Desaix launches an attack against the Austrians that pushes up Offendorf, and a fifth floréal Year (April 20, 1797) troops Moreau threw a bridge over the Rhine Gambsheim in to help the army of Italy.
20th Century: Closer to home, at the beginning of World War II, the entire population was evacuated in Haute-Vienne, it was not until August 1940 she found her village. Same fate will be waiting in January 1945 where all inhabitants were deported across the Rhine did not return until April. Plunged into war in late November 1944, the town liberated by the Americans was reconquered December 8 January 5, 1945 by the "bridgehead Gambsheim". During the fighting in November-December 1944 and January 1945, the village was very bruised. The Government recognizes the merits of the inhabitants of the town of Gambsheim and quotes about the "Croix de Guerre with gilt star." It will take twenty years to repair and rebuild the affected joint. The typical feature offered by the center of the village suffered a lot. A few blocks of houses and especially Alsatian town hall square, are very well preserved. The baroque church dating from 1763, heavily damaged was rebuilt more Bettenhoffen but the center of the large city that has planned planner Fernand Guri. The new church and its soaring bell tower is the finest work produced by the rebuilders. The church made entirely with white gold soil Gambsheim and articles of reach, give visitors the true character of a common Rhine.

Parties:

Patriotic holiday: Victory of 8 May 1945 and the Armistice of November 11, 1918. Commemorations for a church service followed by a ceremony at the War Memorial. The National Day is commemorated on July 14 a solemn watch over the town hall square.
Celebrations: block parties: In these, new plaques are unveiled as a work of art characteristic of the place concerned. The municipality shall, by area of the old village, the dual naming of streets in French and dialect. The Oberender was the first district to have benefited from this cultural initiative.

SIGHTSEEING

Heritage:

Marker Memorial: A terminal, engraved with the date of March 7, 1974 and coats of arms of Commons and riparian Gambsheim Freistett, commemorates the day of the junction of the final filling of the Rhine. It was arranged in the axis of the Rhine on the occasion of 10th anniversary.
Terminal line Noblat: An agreement was signed in 1820 to establish a line between the kingdom of France and the general Margrave of Baden. Also called line Noblat, it was materialized by 120 numbered terminals from Basel to Lauterbourg. South of the ban Gambsheim, there are two two terminals. The first is number 88 and formed up to 5 bans, Honau, Diersheim, Freistett the right bank and the Wantzenau Gambsheim and the left bank. A cross marks the second terminal of the terminal number 88 with the bell tower of La Wantzenau. The Treaty of Versailles ended the boundary between the two countries.
Calvary: The village and its bank is located nine cross or crosses, witnesses of Christian piety. Calvary oldest was built in 1721 and posthumously in hope was restored and placed under glass in 1998. Also called "Frärekritz", formerly invoked to cure fever. The second cross, erected in 1739 near the chapel, there was a decorated and carved. Three other crosses are dated 1840.1868 and 1878, they were erected by the parishioners. Other religious shrines or accidentally spilled victims during the Second World War were rebuilt after World War. In the cemetery wall are preserved the remains of a crucifix depicting two women of the Holy Sepulchre, built in 1840.
Legend of the Chapel: The chapel dedicated to the Virgin Dolorosa which is venerated as Saint-Quirin is the oldest building in the town. Its chorus goes back to the mid 15th century. The lintel of the entrance is engraved with the date 1658, which marks its restoration after the Thirty Years War.
Church of St. Nazaire and Celsus: Designed by the architect Fernand Guri, planner of the town after the Second World War, the church built with gravel soil in a sober and stripped. The interior is brightened by beautiful stained glass lighting effects made by Werle Haguenau. The church building is characterized by its separate bell tower also reinforced concrete.
Bell City Hall: Housed in the lobby of City Hall, an inscription records that the bell fell from the belfry January 6, 1945. Dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, she was solemnly mounted in the steeple of the town hall in 1829.
Station: The building has a stone to stamp Wilhelminian own many stations built at that time. It dates from 1875 and was restored in 2008. The station is located on the line Strasbourg - Lauterbourg, was inaugurated July 24, 1876 and open the next day to rail traffic.
Gallery: Work carried out in 1993 by Gérard Brand mosaic of Obernai under the leadership of the parish priest Irenaeus Wallachia. It represents the risen Christ and the patron saints of the parish Nazaire and Celsus. This mosaic of 70 m² was blessed by Canon Peter Zirnheld to mark the 40th anniversary of the consecration of the church.
Stele deminers: This sandstone stele is located near the locks, built in memory of three deminers Team Captain De Mazure died in mine clearance in 1945. Initially, she was on the Rhine in The Wantzenau and was displaced by the work of the development of the Rhine.
Bench altar of the Second Empire: Like all banks altar, it was built in 1854 in honor of the Empress Eugenie on the road between Gambsheim and Weyersheim. The first header was destined for the rest of travelers and the second to lay the baskets carried on their heads. The bench was placed in the current back from the road, it replaces the Second Empire damaged during the widening of the road.
Monuments to the dead, 1914-1918: He was raised immediately after the Great War the cemetery opposite the church Bettenhoffen. The monument was left as a witness the destruction of the Second World War. The sculptors Maechling-Weber, the monument is riddled with bullets a fighter dying, turning to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (beheaded). Below are engraved the names of 46 victims.
Modern War Memorial: The War Memorial in sandstone of the Vosges was built on the church square in 1961. Designed by architect Fernand Guri, it is a recumbent figure, carved in low relief by Emile Stoll. Two steles arranged on each side of the monument include the full names of 170 victims of war, 1914-18,1939-45,1954-62.
Monument Schumann: This is a hammered copper pillar called "Hands" opened May 16, 1975. It symbolizes the Franco-German cooperation and unity of both countries. It says, the words of May 9, 1950 at the Quai d'Orsay by one of the forerunners of the European institutions Robert Schuman.
Bunkers of the Maginot Line: The ban Gambsheim was dotted with a score of bunkers (bunkers), built from 1933, of strategic importance uneven, there are still 15. Those located along the Ill date from 1939-1940.
Line of the Americas: The work of Alain Willaume funded by the Council of Europe is a permanent photographic installation along the banks of the Rhine, representing the largest rivers in the world and the ends of Europe. A landmark is a fixed lens and using visible landmark on a hill.
Town Hall: Located in the village center, town hall is one of the few in Alsace to be built entirely of wood sides and surmounted by a belfry. The first town hall called "die Laube" was destroyed by fire in the great fire of 1717. The town hall was rebuilt in the same place but suffered damage during the invasion of 1813-14. The current town hall was built in 1823 and bears an inscription on the corner post. Until 1954, the ground floor served as a school. The building suffered damage in 1945 and lost its steeple in onion bulb. A jewel of our village, it was modernized inside in 2008 to make it both more functional and welcoming, this public building is the pride of the entire population.
Half-timbered houses: Despite the hundreds of old houses destroyed in 1944-45, the village still has 75 half-timbered houses, including 3 of the 17th century. The oldest house finely carved with the date 1674 and is the work of a carpenter in the Allgau. There are still 15 houses rebuilt after the great fire of 1717 that burned 34 farms. The most impressive of the reconstruction is the old relay-post horses Strasbourg line - Fort Louis.
Well of the chapel was erected in 2008 behind the chapel at the heart of the old well which was in the rectory. It has two pillars and a lintel which hung a pulley driving the chain to lift the water. This network system was later replaced by a suction pump lever.
Old Sawmill: This item is an impressive 35 hp engine of an old mill built in 1930 by Joseph Herrmann. It ceased its activities after the reconstruction by 1960 it was part of a production area for the building (wood and concrete). Restored by the Jung family in 2006, she returned to its original location.

Site unavoidable, the fishway of Gambsheim:

Location: Dam Gambsheim / Rheinau. Over the centuries, mankind has built dams and other waterworks to meet its needs for navigation, agriculture and electricity. These are often difficult obstacles for migrating fish on their way to their spawning grounds. To restore free movement in the basin of the Rhine, Germany and France signed in 1997 an agreement for the construction, operation and maintenance of fish passes for hydroelectric and Iffezheim Gambsheim . The fishway Iffezheim operation since June 2000 and that of Gambsheim since June 2006. These fish passes are now among the largest in Europe. With EU funding Interreg IIIA Programme, space visitors were arranged to the right of this book and have opened their doors to the public in late May 2007.
Opening spaces for visitors the fishway: Mid-March to October daily from 10h to 13h and from 14h to 18h, closed on Tuesdays. November and February: Sunday from 14h to 17h. From February: Sunday from 10am to 12.30pm and from 14h to 17h. Opportunity to visit the museum outside opening hours by reservation.
Guided tours of the areas visitors to the dates of your choice are available only by reservation.
Tel. : 33 (0) 388 964408 (Tourist office) - Fax: 33 (0) 388 597 311 - Email: info@passage309.eu

Stretch of water: water features, beach and beautiful green space. Supervised swimming during the summer period from July 1 to August 31. Weekdays from 11 am to 18. The weekend of 10 to 19.

Detailed information
Transport	Train station of Gambsheim

ATTRACTIONS, LEISURES AND ACTIVITES AROUND

Museum for Inland Shipping Cabro (in an old converted barge, docked) to Offendorf.

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WEATHER

Tuesday 14 February
Day	Night
Min. -4°C - Max. -1°C

Wednesday 15 February
Day	Night
Min. -2°C - Max. 3°C

Thursday 16 February
Day	Night
Min. -2°C - Max. 2°C

RESTAURANTS

	Winstub foret du rhin Offendorf
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	Au Moulin de La Wantzenau La Wantzenau
	Hidden in the countryside, 15 minutes from the center of Strasbourg, the restaurant is open every day except Sunday night in one of three rooms completely refurbished, with elegance,...
	Located 7.4 km from Gambsheim	From 40 € to 130 € per person

	Au cygne Hoerdt
	At 10 minutes from Strasbourg's center (easy access by Highway A4, direction Paris, road out of Hoerdt), we propose to you the hospitality in a familial atmosphere of kindness and ...
	Located 7.5 km from Gambsheim	From 10 € to 20 € per person

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BEDS & BREAKFASTS

La 5ème saison

9.8

Mundolsheim

Welcome to the fifth season Marie-Odile and Francis fritsch welcome you in Alsace and offer their cozy guest rooms in their house of character dating from 1930 to quiet mundolsheim...

Located 13.4 km from Gambsheim

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Chambre d'Hôtes au canal

9.8

Illkirch-Graffenstaden

Near a canal along a bike trail, 6 km from the center of Strasbourg (easy access by tram). A large room, 31m², very comfortable, with independent entrance in a house with garden, easy...

Located 21 km from Gambsheim

5 guest rooms in the house of the owner located in the town. 3 double rooms, one room at a person and a family room consisting of four two-room with two beds and a piece of a double...

Located 26 km from Gambsheim

From 40 € to 46 € the double room

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VACATION RENTALS

	Oberlin #1 Strasbourg
	The Oberlin # 1 is an apartment of 48 sq. M. consisting of an entrance with cupboards, a living room-kitchen, a bathroom and a bedroom. It can accommodate up to 4 people through its...
	Located 12.8 km from Gambsheim	390 € per week

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9.4

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Schiltigheim

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Located 14 km from Gambsheim

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	Espace farniente Soufflenheim
	Semi-detached chalet with 2 rooms, 1 with 2 beds separated by a curtain into a sleeping loft (double bed) at ground floor. A separate kitchen with microwave mini oven and dishwasher....
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