Meistratzheim () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[ INSEE commune file]
History
Located near a Celtic-Romanic route connecting
Belfort with
Brumath, the village has been occupied since the
Neolithic.
[ Pays de Sainte odile (French)] the village is mentioned for the first time in a
parchment dating from 742 where it says that the convent of
Wissembourg had possessions in
Maistersheim.
Initially the village belonged to the Count of Nordgau and from 742 to 1030 to different abbeys. The fief was then acquired by the diocese of Strasbourg and later by the Landsberg family, who held it up to the French Revolution.
During the seventeenth century the village was pillaged by passing Imperial, Swedish, Lorraine and French troops. Famine came because of rigorous winters and poor harvests.
The village was also home to Eugène Grau, who founded a successful family butchers business which continued for several generations. The family also owned a large property used for Monumental masonry.
Points of interest
The catholic church,
Saint André, was built from 1911 to 1919, consecrated in 1922 and is at 75 m the highest in Bas-Rhin outside of
Strasbourg.
Education
The
Classe de Japonais en Alsace (アルザス補習授業校
Aruzasu Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a
Hoshuko, is held in the A.P.E.J.A. in Meistratzheim.
[" 欧州の補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）" (). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Retrieved on May 10, 2014. "A.P.E.J.A. 122 rue Principale 67210 MEISTRATZHEIM , FRANCE"]
==Photo gallery==
See also
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Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
