Boofzheim
{{Expand French|date=December 2008|Boofzheim|topic=geo}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Boofzheim
|native name = Boofze
|commune status = Commune
|image = Boofzheim 057.JPG
|caption = A house in Boofzheim
|image coat of arms = Blason Boofzheim 67.svg
|arrondissement = Sélestat-Erstein
|canton = Erstein
|INSEE = 67055
|postal code = 67860
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CC du Canton d'Erstein
|coordinates = {{coord|48.332500|7.6817|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 155
|elevation max m = 161
|area km2 = 11.94
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Boofzheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/67055-boofzheim INSEE commune file] Its name is probably derived from the personal name Boffi or Boofo. Variants of the name include Boofi - Boffesheim - Bofftsheim - Boffsheim - Bototzheim - Booftzheim - Booffzheim.{{cite web
|title = Bakwaba
|url = http://bakwaba.club.fr/boofdroite.html
|access-date = 2009-08-27
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080405214021/http://bakwaba.club.fr/boofdroite.html
|archive-date = 2008-04-05
}}
History
It is said that{{By whom|date=January 2021}} from the fifteenth century the village belonged to the Mieg family. In 1545, they introduced the Protestant Reformation into the village and the village church of St Etienne was turned into a Protestant chapel.
According to another source, Sebastian Mieg (Mueg), from a Strasbourg merchant family, bought half of Boofzheim in 1567 from the Abbess of St Etienne and built a castle on the land. This castle was burnt down by the Swedes in 1636 and was rebuilt in 1642. It was to the east of the Catholic Church, but no trace remains today.{{cite web
|title= Alsatia Munita
|publisher=Société pour la Conservation des Monuments Historiques d'Alsace
|url= http://www.monuments-alsace.com/alsatia/alsatia.pdf
|access-date=2009-08-27}} Église Saint-Étienne de Boofzheim was last built in 1684.
From 1687 to 1854, the Church was shared by Protestants and Catholics, after which the Protestants built their own church and St Etienne's was given back to the Catholics.{{cite web
|title= Un peu d'histoire
|publisher= Protestant parish of Boofzheim
|url= http://www.boofzheim-fr.com/id16.htm
|access-date= 2009-08-27
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180929080040/http://www.boofzheim-fr.com/id16.htm
|archive-date= 2018-09-29
|url-status= dead
}}
In 1852, there were 953 Protestants and 200 Catholics in the village.{{cite web
|title= UN PEU D'HISTOIRE
|publisher=Hubert Martz
|url= http://www.paroisse-boofzheim.fr/2.html
|access-date=2009-08-27}}
See also
References
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