Bischwiller

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La Laub, former town hall, now a museum
Coat of arms
Bischwiller
Location within Grand Est region  Bischwiller
Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 7°51′27″E / 48.7667°N 7.857500°E / 48.7667; 7.857500Coordinates: 48°46′00″N 7°51′27″E / 48.7667°N 7.857500°E / 48.7667; 7.857500
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Bischwiller
Government
• Mayor (2008–14)	Nicole Thomas
Area1	17.25 km2 (6.66 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	12,949
• Density	750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	67046 / 67240
Elevation	123–147 m (404–482 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bischwiller (German: Bischweiler) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France just west of the Moder River.

The city is 7.8 kilometers (4.8 mi) southeast of Haguenau, 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) west-northwest from the German border and the Rhine River (Rhin), and lies 22 kilometers (14 mi) north-northeast of Strasbourg.

The Moder river, a Rhine tributary, flows across the town. Among the other streams which cross the area can be cited the following tributaries of the Morder: the Rothbaechel, the Erlengraben and the Waschgraben. The last one is formed by the confluence of two smaller streams named Weihergraben and Schnuchgraben.

Due to its large Turkish minority, Bischwiller is often dubbed "Turkwiller".

Ancient timber-framed pharmacy

Saint-Augustin church

Bischwiller town hall

Protestant temple: tombstone of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died in 1604) tombstone