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Bischheim, Germany

Bischheim (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪʃhaɪm]) is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Bischheim has an area of 6.57 km2 and a population of 799 (as of December 31, 2020).

The village is located in the Alzey Hills, a subdivision of the Rhenish-Hessian Hills. The Leiselbach and Gutleutbach streams flow through the area.

Neighbouring municipalities are Morschheim, Ilbesheim, Rittersheim, Gauersheim and Kirchheimbolanden.

Besides the village proper, the inhabited places Am steinernen Berg, Heubergerhof, Heubergermühle, Jägerhaus, Kupfermühle and Pulvermühle are part of the municipality.

Remains of a neolithic settlement were found in the area which gave the Bischheim culture their name.

Bischheim was once called Bischofsheim.

A Local knight named Stephan gave his estate to Rothenkirchen Abbey before 1181. In 1226 he and Jakob of Bischheim vouched for a document of Hane Abbey in nearby Bolanden. Gerung of Bischheim also gave his properties in Marnheim to the abbey in 1202. King Frederick II gifted the village's church to the Abbey of the Holy Sepulchre in Speyer to save his soul. In 1442 a chapel or small church with at least two altars is documented in Bischheim. The church was part of the parish of Kirchheimbolanden in 1501. Otterberg Abbey held estates in the village.

The congregation became protestant in the 16th century. Since 1698 the church was used by protestants and catholics.

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