Rixheim (; Alsatian: ''Rixe'') is a commune in the

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is th ...

department in

Grand Est Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administ ...

in northeastern

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. It forms part of the

Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération The Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération is the ''Communauté d'agglomération'', a type of local government structure, covering the metropolitan area of the city of Mulhouse in the department of Haut-Rhin and the region of Grand Est, northeastern Fra ...

, the inter-communal local government body for the

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace af ...

conurbation.

Geography

Rixheim lies 5 kilometers east from the city center of

, at the crossroads of Strasbourg and Mulhouse (A35-A36 to Sausheim) and Habsheim to Ottmarsheim (ancient Roman roads), the municipality of Rixheim is located in a loop of the Rhine ditch on the borders of the Hardt forest, the Sundgauvian hills and the

alluvial plain An alluvial plain is a largely flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A floodplain is part of the process, being the s ...

of the Jll. The altitudes vary between 365 meters (Zürenwald) and 232 meters (Pont du Bouc). Rixheim lies six Kilometer east of

. There was a

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of the

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, their buildings preserved to this day, were built by Johann Caspar Bagnato. It was under the command of the commendam

Altshausen Altshausen is a small Swabian municipality with around 4,100 inhabitants, near the city of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg, in southern Germany. Geography Altshausen is situated in Upper Swabia, about 40 kilometers north of Lake Constance. N ...

Neighbouring communes

The neighbouring communes of Rixheim are, clockwise, starting in the north: * Sausheim *

Ottmarsheim Ottmarsheim (; gsw-FR, Ottmersche) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies on the river Rhine and on the A36 autoroute, 14 km east of Mulhouse. Its octagonal parish church was the church of the f ...

* Hombourg *

Zimmersheim Zimmersheim ( gsw, Zímmersche) is a ''commune'' in the Haut-Rhin ''department'' of Alsace in eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. File:EGL ...

Habsheim Habsheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. History The Thalbahn Habshe ...

Bruebach Bruebach () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. See also * Communes of the Haut ...

* Riedisheim * Illzach

Population

Education

Rixheim has a public secondary school, the College Captain Dreyfus. It also has 4 elementary schools.

Twin towns

Lohne, Germany Lohne (Oldenburg) ( Northern Low Saxon: ''Lohn'') is a town in the district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located approximately 8 km south-west of Vechta. The town lies on the A1 freeway between Bremen and Osnabrück. Geog ...

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(since 1987) *

San Vito al Tagliamento San Vito al Tagliamento ( fur, San Vît dal Tiliment) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italy, Italian region Friuli Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Pordenone. Main sight ...

, Friaul-Julisch Venetien,

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* Kanton Valence-sur-Baïse,

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Notable places

* The former Commandery of the

* The Saint-Léger church, with organ and the old presbytery * Fountain of

John of Nepomuk John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) ( cs, Jan Nepomucký; german: Johannes Nepomuk; la, Ioannes Nepomucenus) ( 1345 – 20 March 1393) was the saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus ...

* War memorial * The museum of wallpaper File:Rixheim_fontaine_st_jean_nepomucene.jpg, Fountain of John of Nepomuk File:rixheim_commanderie_1.jpg, The former Commandery File:Rixheim-Parc de la Commanderie (1).jpg, Entrance to the Park of the Commandery File:Rixheim, Musée du papier peint.jpg, Museum of wallpaper File:rixheim_eglise_st_leger_1.jpg, Saint-Léger church File:Gare de Rixheim.jpg, Rixheim Station