Ensisheim
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Coordinates: 47°51′59″N 7°21′11″E / 47.8663888889°N 7.35305555556°E
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Commune of Ensisheim |
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| Location | |
  Ensisheim
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Guebwiller |
| Canton | Ensisheim |
| Intercommunality | Centre Haut-Rhin |
| Mayor | Michel Habig (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 213–231 m (700–760 ft) (avg. 217 m/710 ft) |
| Land area1 | 36.59 km2 (14.13 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 7,034 (2006) |
| - Density | 192 /km2 (500 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68082/ 68190 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Ensisheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
On 7 November 1492, a 250 pound meteorite fell there, and since then it has attracted many meteorite enthusiasts. It was described in detail by the contemporary poet Sebastian Brant.
Ensisheim is also the birthplace of the composer Boëllmann. The Germanic origins of the village's name reflects the area's history.
Among the earliest-known clear examples for the practice of trepanation was identified from a Neolithic burial site near the town. Researchers from Freiburg University reported in 1997 an analysis of the well-preserved skeletal remains of an approximately 50-year-old man, whose cranium showed clear evidence of two trepanation procedures. One had fully healed and the other partially so, indicating the subject had survived the operations. The remains were dated to between 5100 and 4900 BC.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ Walker (1997).
- Walker, Amélie A. (1997). "Neolithic Surgery". Archaeology 50 (5): 9. ISSN 0003-8113. http://www.archaeology.org/9709/newsbriefs/trepanation.html.
[edit] External links
- Official Website (French)
- Detailed history of the town (French)
- Ensisheim image gallery (German)
