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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 In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...
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 {{BasRhin-geo-stub