Erstein (, ; gsw, label=
Alemannic, Eerstain) is a
commune in the
Bas-Rhin department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
, in the
region of
Grand Est,
France.
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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