Bischwiller

French commune
nomcommune=Bischwiller
région=Alsace
département=Bas-Rhin
arrondissement=Haguenau
canton=Bischwiller|insee=67046|cp=67240
maire=Nicole Thomas
mandat=2007-2008
intercomm=Bischwiller et environs
longitude=7.857500
latitude=48.766667
alt moy=|alt mini=123 m|alt maxi=147 m|hectares=1,725|km²=17.25
sans=11,596|date-sans=1999
dens=672.2
date-dens=1999

Bischwiller ( _de. Bischweiler) is a town in the Bas-Rhin "département", Alsace, France, 23 metres by rail north by east from Strasbourg. The population (as of 2005) was 11,696 [http://www.villorama.com/bischwiller.htm] . The 1999 census population was 11,596 inhabitants living on a land area of 17.25 km² (6.66 sq mi).

Economy

Bischwiller has manufactures of jute and machinery, brewing and iron-founding.

notable people linked to Bischwiller

* Claude Vigée

* Jacob Kirkman and Abraham Kirkman

* Jean Daum

* Lucien Muller

* Otto Meißner

* Christian Gutknecht & Maria Magdalena Grünholtz are the ancestors of Barack Obama,; who emigrated to North America in 1749 [ [http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/international/obama_als_superstar_berlins_1.791562.html "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" 24 juillet 2008] and [http://www.presseportal.de/pm/9377/1233634/die_zeit "Die Zeit" of the same day] et Zeitmagazin Leben 24.7.2008, Nr. 31, p. 14- 15 (the article of the Zeitmagazin contains a complete genealogie of Barack Obama )] .

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External links

* [http://www.ville-bischwiller.fr/ Official website] fr icon