Marckolsheim

Marckolsheim Màrkelse
Barge in the lock beside the power station
Coat of arms
Marckolsheim
Location within Alsace region Marckolsheim
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Sélestat-Erstein
Canton	Marckolsheim
Intercommunality	Marckolsheim et environs
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Frédéric Pfliegersdoerffer
Area1	33.36 km2 (12.88 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	4,186
• Density	130/km2 (320/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	67281 / 67390
Elevation	170–184 m (558–604 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Marckolsheim (German: Markolsheim) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

On the eastern edge of the town the Casemate de Marckolsheim Sud, a Maginot Line fortification left over from the Second World War, has been converted into a small museum. Approximately 3 kilometres to the east the Rhine has been dammed and a hydro-electric power station installed.

Gallery

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  Rue du Maréchal Foch near the townhall

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  Rue du Maréchal Foch near Rue Clemenceau

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  The Rhine near Marckolsheim

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file