Eschau, Bas-Rhin

Eschau
Eschau; Aschöi
	Commune
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	Eschau Location within Grand Est region Eschau
	Coordinates: 48°29′19″N 7°43′00″E / 48.4886°N 7.7167°ECoordinates: 48°29′19″N 7°43′00″E / 48.4886°N 7.7167°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Strasbourg
Canton	Illkirch-Graffenstaden
Intercommunality	Strasbourg Eurométropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2015)	Jean-Louis Freyd
Area1	11.83 km2 (4.57 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	4,806
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67131 /67114
Elevation	142–148 m (466–486 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.

Eschau is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

It is situated 8 km south of Strasbourg.

Sights

Eschau's main sight is the Église Saint-Trophime, a Romanesque church dedicated to Trophimus of Arles. The building dates back to the 8th century but has been rebuilt several times until the end of the 13th century. It contains relics of Sophia the Martyr in a Gothic chasse and several wooden polychrome 15th-century Gothic statues. The 12th-century cloister has been destroyed but several capitals and other pieces of Romanesque sculpture by the Master of Eschau have survived and are on display in the Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame.

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