InscritShop · protected 1987Ancienne pharmacie de la cour princièrePart of the building is protectedPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ancienne pharmacie de la cour princière · Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.01historic monument
History of Bischwiller · Monuments historiques
1 historic monument, none of them classé
Since 1987, the monument in Bischwiller has been on the list. Listed, it is Ancienne pharmacie de la cour princière. Its origins go back to the 17th century.
Monuments historiques
1
Classé
0
the highest protection
Inscrit
1
the second level
Oldest part
17th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
11%
median compared town 7.4%
Map
Where Bischwiller’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Inscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
1 monuments by protection
1 Inscrit
Classé is the higher protection: any work on the building needs the State’s permission. Work on an inscrit building must be declared to the State in advance. Around both, building work in sight of the monument (usually within 500 m) needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
Points as the ministry gives them: a monument spread over several plots has one point.
Inscrit
One inscrit monument in Bischwiller
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
Born before 1900
9 people born in Bischwiller before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Jean de Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen
Jean Frantz
Jean Daum
Augustin Dontenwill
Georges Weiss
Georges Lévy-Alphandéry
Gustave Oberthür
Otto Meissner
Charles Hauter
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JB
Jean de Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen1638–1704 · Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
AD
Augustin Dontenwill1857–1931 · Canadian Catholic archbishop
OM
Otto Meissner1880–1953 · German politician
JF
Jean Frantz1760–1818 · French politician
JD
Jean Daum1825–1885 · civil law notary and French glassmaker
GW
Georges Weiss1859–1931 · French physician, engineer and physicist
GL
Georges Lévy-Alphandéry1862–1948 · French politician
GO
Gustave Oberthür1872–1965 · French architect
Everyone born in Bischwiller Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Bischwiller
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bischwiller | 12,242 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Oberhoffen-sur-Moder | 3,992 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Gries | 2,868 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Herrlisheim | 4,694 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Weitbruch | 2,711 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Haguenau | 36,391 | 22 | 3 | — |
| Weyersheim | 3,512 | 1 | 0 | — |
In brief
Bischwiller in brief
The official list counts 1 historic monument in Bischwiller, including Ancienne pharmacie de la cour princière. Jean de Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1638), Augustin Dontenwill (1857) and Otto Meissner (1880) are among the 9 people born here before 1900. The oldest is Ancienne pharmacie de la cour princière, from the 17th century. Beyond that, it has one historic monument, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 3); its only entry went on the list in 1987; and 11% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Monuments historiques. France protects buildings at two levels. Classé, the higher (about a third of the list), means any work needs the State’s permission; inscrit means work must be declared to the State in advance. The Culture ministry’s Mérimée base lists every protected building, and this page counts them.
- Partly protected. Many entries protect part of a building only (its façades and roofs, a staircase, a painted room). Each counts as one monument, like a fully protected one.
- Where a monument is counted. In the commune named on its protection, moved to today’s commune where communes have since merged. A monument listed for several communes counts in each.
- Sites patrimoniaux remarquables. Since 2016 France’s protected historic areas (the former secteurs sauvegardés, ZPPAUP and AVAP) share one name. Inside one, building work follows the area’s plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
- What isn’t here. Protected objects (furniture, organs, paintings), old buildings with no protection, UNESCO World Heritage listings and labels such as “Plus Beaux Villages de France” aren’t on this list, so this page doesn’t count them.
- No History Grade yet. Everything on this page is described, not graded: France’s History Grade isn’t built yet.
Questions about the history of Bischwiller
How many historic monuments are there in Bischwiller?
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Bischwiller: 1 inscrit, none classé.
How old are the homes in Bischwiller?
11% of its main homes were built before 1919 (median compared French town: 7.4%).
France has no History Grade yet: this page describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Ministère de la Culture, sites patrimoniaux remarquables, October 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (main homes by build period) · Wikidata and Wikipedia (people born here) · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.