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Blienschwiller  est une commune française située dans la circonscription administrative du Bas-Rhin et, depuis le , dans le territoire de la Collectivité européenne d'Alsace, en région Grand Est.

Cette commune se trouve dans la région historique et culturelle d'Alsace et fait partie de la communauté de communes Barr-Bernstein, créée en 2013 par la fusion de la communauté de communes du Piémont de Barr et de celle du Bernstein et de l'Ungersberg.

Géographie
Blienschwiller est un petit village viticole du Piémont des Vosges alsacien. Il est situé sur la route des vins d'Alsace, à mi-chemin entre Strasbourg et Colmar, à dix kilomètres de Sélestat.

C'est un village-tas groupé autour de la placette de la Fontaine et des bâtiments communs. L'église domine le village au sud sur un petit épaulement.

Le bâti est resté très stable. Il comprend notamment une belle série de maisons à colombages du . En 1911, un quartier a brûlé au centre du village sans être jamais reconstruit.

Aujourd'hui, le village s'est étendu de quelques maisons à l'ouest, rue du Bernstein, et d'un lotissement à l'est, les Muhrmatten.

Situation

Blienschwiller est située au cœur d'un triangle, à dix kilomètres de Barr (son chef-lieu de canton), Sélestat (sous-préfecture) et Villé (vers les Vosges à l'ouest). Le village est aussi à mi-chemin entre Strasbourg et Colmar, les deux préfectures du Bas-Rhin et du Haut-Rhin. A l'ouest, un petit col permet d'accéder à la vallée de Villé. Le vallon du Blienschbach débouche sur le village qui se trouve à l'ombre de l'Ungersberg (sommet gréseux des Vosges moyennes qui culmine à 901 mètres) et s'appuie, au nord, sur le Winzenberg, une colline granitique. Au sud se trouve Dambach-la-Ville et le massif du Bernstein et à l'est Epfig, deux bourgs plus importants.

Accès et transports
Blienschwiller se trouve à un ancien carrefour : celui de la RD (route départementale) 35, la Route des Vins d'Alsace, et de la RD 203. La première suit peu ou prou l'ancienne voie romaine du Piémont des Vosges. La deuxième est une voie d'accès secondaire à la vallée de Villé par le Blienschbachthal. Blienschwiller n'a pas de gare. La plus proche est à Dambach-la-Ville, sur la ligne Strasbourg - Molsheim - Sélestat. Le village est desservi six jours sur sept par la ligne 501 du Réseau 67 du département du Bas-Rhin qui permet de se rendre jusqu'à Sélestat. Trois aéroports ne sont pas trop éloignés du village : l'aéroport de Strasbourg Entzheim (30 kilomètres au nord), l'aéroport de Lahr-Forêt-Noire (à 70 kilomètres, dans le Bade-Wurtemberg) et l'aéroport international de Bâle-Mulhouse-Fribourg (90 kilomètres au sud). Par ailleurs, la véloroute du vignoble d'Alsace (EuroVelo 5) traverse le village.

Géologie
Le Piémont des Vosges est situé sur une série de micro-failles en marge du fossé d'effondrement du bassin rhénan. A Blienschwiller, la roche dominante des collines sous-vosgiennes est un granite à deux micas - celui qu'on retrouve pour le grand cru Winzenberg. Il s'agit d'un terroir granitique avec une excellente exposition sud-sud-est (cépage de référence : le riesling mais on trouve aussi de très beaux gewurztraminers et pinots gris). En contrebas, on retrouve principalement des colluvions issues des arènes granitiques. Le ban de la commune fait 307 hectares, plus d'un tiers est couvert de vignes qui produisent des vins AOC. Blienschwiller bénéficie notamment d'une appellation communale pour le sylvaner.

Le territoire communal a connu une exploitation de houille au .

Lieux-dits

 Winzenberg ;
 Oberberg ;
 Pflintz.

Hydrographie
Blienschwiller est traversé d'ouest en est par un petit ruisseau partiellement canalisé et couvert dans le village, le Blienschbach, encore appelé Schernetz par certains habitants. Son écoulement est continu avec un étiage à la fin de l'été. C'est un affluent de la Schernetz. Des sources existent également comme dans le Winzenberg.

Climat
Le climat de Blienschwiller est à l'image de celui du Piémont des Vosges : semi-continental d'abri. Le village est protégé des pluies par un effet de foehn : l'Ungersberg et le massif du Bernstein notamment jouent un rôle de rempart face aux vents dominants qui viennent de l'ouest et apportent la pluie. C'est d'ailleurs cet effet de foehn qui crée le microclimat propice à la culture de la vigne.

Sentiers de découverte
 Un sentier viticole ou "Sentier du cep au verre" part de la fontaine, au milieu du village.
 Un sentier des poètes Dìchterwaj a vu le jour en 2010. Il propose une promenade dans le vignoble et la découverte de quelques grands poètes alsaciens qui ont écrit dans leurs dialectes alsaciens respectifs ou en allemand.
 Blienschwiller est aussi au cœur d'un réseau de sentiers balisés par le Club vosgien. Le village se trouve à proximité immédiate du GR 5, un sentier de grande randonnée qui conduit de la mer du Nord à la mer Méditerranée.
 Le Chemin de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle passe par la commune.

Urbanisme

Typologie
Blienschwiller est une commune rurale, car elle fait partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee. La commune est en outre hors attraction des villes.

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (63,7 % en 2018), une proportion identique à celle de 1990 (63,6 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante : cultures permanentes (46,7 %), forêts (28,6 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (11,9 %), zones urbanisées (7,7 %), prairies (5,1 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Toponymie
La première mention écrite de Blienschwiller est de 823. Elle mentionne un échange de terres, sans doute déjà des vignes, entre le duc d'Alsace de l'époque et l'évêque de Strasbourg, qui a eu une influence considérable dans le village tout au long de son histoire. Le village porte, en ce début de , deux noms : bodolesvillare et pleanungovillare. Voici le texte :

Le premier nom, bodolesvillare, la villa de Bodolus, fait référence à un personnage historique. Bodol aurait été un membre de la famille des Etichonides, les puissants ducs d'Alsace : Bodol, fils du comte Hugues, fils du duc Etichon.

Bodol (Bodolus) serait donc un neveu de sainte Odile, patronne de l'Alsace. Il aurait avec son frère Bléo (Bleonus) possédé ce qui était à l'époque la villa de Blienschwiller. Mais l'a-t-il fondée ?

Le nom de Pleanungovillare serait plus ancien. C'est lui qui est vraiment à l'origine de Blienschwiller, par déformation. D'après Michel Paul Urban, la première partie, pleanungo, viendrait de la racine paléo-européenne Plin/Blin, renflement, vallonnement, suivie du suffixe paléo-européen ink, auquel s'est ajouté villare.

Autre origine, pour Michel Paul Urban, in Lieux-dits, « possibilité de supposer un étymon Belenincum formé sur Belenos, nom du dieu gaulois du soleil ».

Le village aurait donc été fondé avant les Etichonides, sans doute sous les Mérovingiens, ce que confirmeraient les trouvailles archéologiques sur le site d'une ancienne villa gallo-romaine. Il est alors plausible que Blienschwiller, au départ possession des rois mérovingiens, ait été légué aux évêques de Strasbourg ; ces derniers auraient eux-mêmes cédé une partie de ces biens à Niedermünster, une autre aux Etichonides. Où l'on retrouve l'appellation Bodolesvillare (villa de Bodol).

En 823, l'évêque aurait échangé le reste de ses possessions blienschwilleroises avec Erchangar, l'héritier des princes alamans. Le prénom de Bodol disparaît d'ailleurs par la suite, pour être définitivement remplacé par le nom originel de Pleanungovillare.

Bodolesvillare ne réapparaît pas dans les archives ultérieures. Pleanungovillare évoluera au fil des siècles jusqu'à donner Blienswilre au .

On peut noter un « Pluenhame » dans un texte de 720 qui recense des possessions de l'abbaye de Wissembourg mais des historiens locaux (comme Eschenbrenner) pensent que Pluenhame ne se rapporte pas à Blienschwiller et notent que Wissembourg n'apparaît jamais, ultérieurement, dans l'histoire du village.

Histoire

Origine
Blienschwiller est un petit village très ancien. Des princes mérovingiens ont pu le fonder sur l'emplacement d'une ancienne villa romaine. Il est situé sur l'ancienne voie romaine du Piémont des Vosges. La chapelle Saint-Erasme (voir infra) serait un ancien petit temple (fanulum) à la déesse de la Fécondité. Il ne faut pas confondre Blienschwiller avec le village homonyme disparu non loin de Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine (Haut-Rhin).

: soif de liberté
À la fin du Moyen Age, Blienschwiller est partagée entre quatre coseigneurs : l'Evêque de Strasbourg, les seigneurs de Villé, les familles d'Andlau et de Hohenstein. Le village, Reichsdorf ou village d'empire, appartenait au bailliage épiscopal de Benfeld. La Ville de Strasbourg y exerçait le droit de haute justice.

La paroisse, qui relevait de l'abbaye d'Andlau, comprenait deux annexes : Nothalten et Zell (village aujourd'hui englobé dans Nothalten). L'église paroissiale était à Blienschwiller. Les trois villages ont formé une seule communauté presque jusqu'à la Révolution française.

Blienschwiller, notamment, est à l'origine et s'est le plus engagé dans le premier Bundschuh de l'histoire avec le serment de l'Ungersberg le 23 mars 1493. Les deux principaux meneurs étaient un ancien bourgmestre de Sélestat et Jacob Hanser, schultheiss de Blienschwiller.

Le complot a échoué mais ses idées révolutionnaires ne sont pas mortes. D'autres Bundschuh ont éclaté dans plusieurs endroits en Allemagne. En 1517, dans la Forêt-Noire, nombreux sont les insurgés originaires d'Alsace. Parmi eux (est-ce une preuve de la filiation entre les différents mouvements ?) plusieurs habitants de Blienschwiller sont cités.

La grande Guerre des Paysans, qui arrive en Alsace en 1525, n'a pas épargné le village. En un mois, partant d'Obernai, toutes les campagnes de la région était gagnée à la cause paysanne. Blienschwiller a fourni des partisans à la bande d'Ebersmunster. Un des chefs qui ont décidé d'affronter le duc de Lorraine à la bataille de Scherwiller, Rauler, était de Blienschwiller. Leur défaite a été sanglante. Parmi les , dit la légende, qui ont été massacrés lors de cette bataille, un certain nombre de Blienschwillerois, sans doute, avait suivi Rauler...

Terrible
Blienschwiller n'a pas eu trop à souffrir de la guerre de Trente Ans, qui a été terrible en Alsace. Certains habitants sont morts dans les murs de Dambach-la-Ville dans les années 1630, sans doute à cause d'épidémies. Mais le village a été préservé, notamment grâce à deux Salvegardia payées à la république de Strasbourg, alliée des Suédois protestants. Le village, quoique catholique, a donc été préservé alors que, partout aux alentours, notamment dans la vallée de Villé, les campagnes alsaciennes ont été mises à feu et à sang. La population de Blienschwiller et de ses annexes Nothalten et Zell a plutôt augmenté durant la première moitié du , d'après le nombre d'hosties distribuées par les curés, alors que l'Alsace a perdu jusqu'à un tiers de sa population. Notons que les archives du village, mises en sûreté dans un couvent à Sélestat, ont été détruites dans l'incendie qui a ravagé ce dernier. La vie locale n'a pas été bouleversée par le traité de Westphalie qui a rattaché le village à la France. Le  n'était cependant pas fini pour une Alsace exsangue. Blienschwiller a souffert du passage des armées françaises, notamment de Turenne. Le curé Constantin Held, en 1681, a simplement accroché la bannière fleur-de-lysée des rois de France à la chaire : c'était lors de l'annexion de Strasbourg à la France.

Au , le village grandit
Le  n'a pas été différent des précédents même si une certaine aisance a permis aux habitants de Blienschwiller de mieux se porter, ainsi que l'attestent les nombreuses belles maisons à colombages construites ou agrandies entre 1720 et 1780. Les quatre seigneuries se partageaient toujours le village : communautés épiscopale, de Villé (les seigneurs zur Lauben), d'Andlau et de Hohenstein. L'ancienne cour colongère de Niedermünster subsistait et l'ombre de l'abbesse d'Andlau planait encore sur l'église paroissiale comme elle le faisait depuis 1352. Le tribunal local fonctionnait comme il le faisait depuis le  et la haute justice relevait toujours de la Ville de Strasbourg. D'après un plan dressé en 1716 sur ordre de la Ville de Strasbourg, le village se divisait en trois parties. L'Oberdorf, le haut du village, avec son extension du Geissengassel, Auf der Gass avec la mairie, le corps de garde, la Metzig, le château, l'église, le presbytère, et la maison de la Raith, tout comme le relais. Enfin l'Unterdorf, le bas village. L'Oberdorf était séparé de la Gass par une porte, une seconde se trouvait à l'entrée de l'Unterdorf au début de l'Epfiger Weg (route d'Epfig). Église et château étaient ceints d'un mur et formaient un petit complexe défensif qui devait servir de refuge à la population en temps de guerre. A l'entrée sud du village, vers Dambach-la-Ville, un ouvrage défensif avec une porte servait de protection à la partie Auf der Gass.

Dans la première moitié du  encore, le village a gagné des terres cultivées vers l'ouest. Le Kuhrain a été défriché vers 1730. D'autres terres appartenaient alors à Blienschwiller : Lattenrain, Stiermatten, Rothe Hecken – qui ont été perdues depuis pour le ban communal.

Paupérisation au
Le village de Nothalten, avec son annexe Zell, a existé comme commune à part entière dès avant la Révolution française, en 1787. Durant la Révolution, les habitants de Blienschwiller ont élu Jacques Gerber comme premier maire. Le village a échappé aux « punitions révolutionnaires » mais ses habitants étaient des partisans plutôt tièdes des changements. Ils ont abrité le curé réfractaire et laissé l'église vide au prêtre constitutionnel. Quand les autorités leur ont demandé la création d'une garde nationale, en 1793, les volontaires ont disparu comme par enchantement. À force de menaces, le maire s'est vu contraint de payer une très forte amende. Mais la garde, elle, n'a jamais existé que sur le papier. Toujours en 1793, le charpentier Werli, mandaté pour descendre les cloches destinées à être fondues pour faire des canons, est condamné aux travaux forcés parce qu'il traîne les pieds. Plusieurs familles ont aussi émigré, leurs biens furent vendus aux enchères.

De nombreux Blienschwillerois ont par contre participé à l'aventure napoléonienne. Parmi eux, François Joseph Bohn a fait une remarquable carrière. Héritier d'une vieille famille, il a débuté dans l'armée royale puis, sous l'Empire, a gravi tous les échelons jusqu'à commander, avec le grade de colonel, le  de chasseurs. Il a été tué en chargeant à la tête de ses hommes le 14 juin 1809 à la bataille de Raab contre les Autrichiens qui ont été contraints de se replier.

Au , Blienschwiller a d'abord connu une croissance démographique importante qui a entraîné un appauvrissement de la population. La barre des  a été franchie vers 1830. Plusieurs épidémies ont marqué les esprits jusque dans la mémoire collective : fièvre milliaire ou variole. La dernière, en 1871, a fait une cinquantaine de morts (surtout des jeunes adultes) sur une population de 900 habitants.

Plusieurs boulangeries, épiceries, boucheries existaient alors dans un village qui vivait toujours essentiellement de la viticulture (qu'il faut comprendre au sens de polyculture dominée par la vigne). Les cafés occupaient une place importante : il y en avait plusieurs. Le marché du vin et la viticulture ont connu leurs heures les plus sombres à la fin du  et au début du  : annexion à l'Empire allemand, pertes de marchés, maladies de la vigne comme le phylloxéra…

Toutes ces causes (pauvreté, épidémies, manque de terres viticoles), auxquelles il faut ajouter l'annexion à l'Empire allemand et les nombreux « optants » qui ont choisi la France et l'exil, ont conduit à un important exode rural entre les années 1860 et 1910. Des dizaines de familles ont quitté le village pour ne plus revenir. Les destinations : la France et Paris, la Lorraine et son bassin industriel, mais aussi l'Algérie ou les États-Unis.

: l'horreur des deux guerres, les promesses de l'Europe
La Grande Guerre n'a laissé que peu de souvenirs – en dehors de la saignée parmi les jeunes hommes du village. 16 sont tombés.

Après le retour à la France, le monde viticole s'est organisé. Le greffage a été le remède au fléau du phylloxéra. Les vignerons se sont organisés en syndicat pour faire avancer la législation (une démarche qui n'a abouti qu'en 1962 avec la reconnaissance de l'AOC, Appellation d'origine contrôlée, pour les vins d'Alsace).

Blienschwiller a encore perdu dix hommes durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, des malgré-nous obligés de se battre sous l'uniforme nazi. Les combats n'ont eu lieu dans les abords immédiats du village que pour sa Libération par les Américains, le  décembre 1944. Anecdote qui aurait pu être tragique : le 19 octobre 1944, deux déserteurs engagés pour les vendanges tuent deux gendarmes allemands. Tous les hommes du village sont rassemblés sur la place de la Fontaine. Les responsables de la Gestapo ont menacé de tous les faire fusiller et d'incendier le village. Par miracle, il n'en a rien été.

La première Fête de la Libération n'a eu lieu qu'en 1946. Après le retour des malgré-nous prisonniers, dont certains ont vécu l'enfer des camps russes comme Tambov. Certains sont d'ailleurs morts en captivité.

Après la guerre, les vignerons de Blienschwiller ont travaillé à retrouver la qualité perdue. La reconnaissance des différentes AOC a été autant d'étapes sur ce difficile chemin : AOC Alsace en 1962, AOC crémant d'Alsace en 1976, grand cru Winzenberg en 1992. Au , leur travail paie et Blienschwiller retrouve un âge d'or au cœur d'une Europe pacifiée.

Généalogie
Parmi les plus anciennes familles vigneronnes du village, certaines ont pu traverser les siècles. Ainsi, dans la communauté villageoise formée par Blienschwiller, Nothalten et Zell, les Bohn, Gerber, Heisch, Kieffer, Kientz, Meyer ou Straub sont cités depuis le . On retrouve des Kobloth, des Steinbach, des Wassler, des With vers 1550.

D'autres grandes familles : les Schwendt, originaires de Strasbourg et présents à Blienschwiller jusqu'au milieu du . Certaines branches sont retournées à Strasbourg. François Etienne Schwendt a été député de Strasbourg aux États Généraux en 1789. Les Schlosser, famille de notaires elle aussi originaire de Strasbourg. Elle est restée à Blienschwiller jusqu'au début du , en donnant un maire au village, puis un maire et un député au bourg voisin de Dambach-la-Ville.

Politique et administration

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Économie
Depuis Rome peut-être, le Moyen Âge assurément, l'économie de Blienschwiller est entièrement tournée vers la vigne et le vin. Les vins de Blienschwiller, à la réputation déjà solidement établie, étaient distribués dans tout le Nord de l'Europe grâce au réseau hanséatique, via l'Ill et le Rhin. Des négociants venaient des grandes villes allemandes, Cologne ou Nuremberg notamment, pour les acheter. On en retrouvait jusqu'à la cour d'Angleterre.

Aujourd'hui, plus de trente familles de vignerons produisent du vin en exploitant les vignes sur le ban du village mais aussi dans les communes voisines. Les deux tiers environ sont des vignerons indépendants qui élèvent leurs vins de propre récolte et en assurent la commercialisation mais il y a aussi des négociants et des coopérateurs. Avec les années, le tourisme est devenu une ressource importante pour le village, situé sur la route des vins d'Alsace. Il dispose d'un hôtel et d'un restaurant pour accueillir les visiteurs ainsi que de nombreux gîtes et chambres d'hôtes.

Démographie

Blienschwiller a connu dans la deuxième moitié du  et jusqu'au début du  un déclin démographique d'abord rapide (épidémie de variole au début des années 1870, optants pour la France après la défaite face à l'Empire allemand, exode rural, émigration vers les États-Unis d'Amérique ou l'Algérie entre 1880 et 1910), puis plus lent. La tendance s'est inversée très récemment avec le réaménagement de vieilles demeures au centre du village et la construction de quelques maisons neuves (lotissement des Muhrmatten par exemple).

Santé
Il n'y a pas d'établissement de soin ou de santé à Blienschwiller. Les médecins, dentistes et pharmacies les plus proches se trouvent à Dambach-la-Ville ou à Epfig, deux bourgs distants de 2,5 et 5 kilomètres.

Le centre hospitalier le plus proche est celui de Sélestat, 23, avenue Pasteur.

Il existe à Blienschwiller un corps de sapeurs-pompiers. Il forme un CPI, centre de première intervention, qui dépend de l'UT (unité territoriale) 52.

Enseignement
Blienschwiller dépend de l'Académie de Strasbourg. La commune a créé un SIVU (syndicat intercommunal à vocation unique) pour la gestion du regroupement pédagogique avec le village voisin de Nothalten. Les enfants des deux villages vont à l'école maternelle à Blienschwiller et à l'école primaire à Nothalten.

Le collège le plus proche est le collège du Bernstein, à Dambach-la-Ville. Construit en 1972, rénové en 1998, baptisé en 1999, du nom du château qui surplombe Dambach-la-Ville, il compte environ 430 élèves venus de dix villages, dont Blienschwiller.

Les lycées d'enseignement général que fréquentent les Blienschwillerois sont le lycée Edouard-Schuré de Barr et le lycée Docteur-Koeberlé de Sélestat.

De nombreux fils et filles de vignerons, pour compléter le savoir-faire hérité de leurs ancêtres, suivent une formation au lycée d'enseignement général et technologique agricole (LEGTA) de Rouffach.

Cultes
Les habitants de Blienschwiller sont pour la plupart catholiques. La Réforme n'a pu s'étendre au village au . Même si la ville de Strasbourg, gagnée à la Réforme, y avait une grande influence, l'abbesse d'Andlau, dont la paroisse dépendait, l'a fermement conservé dans le giron catholique.

La paroisse des Saints-Innocents (Blienschwiller est la seule paroisse d'Alsace à les avoir pour saints patrons) est rattachée à la communauté de paroisses Saint-Erasme (du nom de la chapelle du village, voir infra) reconnue lors d'une célébration par monseigneur Kratz, le 22 février 2009.

Une ancienne tradition perdure à Blienschwiller : un pèlerinage est organisé pour les Rogations. La procession va du village à la chapelle Saint-Sébastien de Dambach-la-Ville.

Vie associative
 Syndicat d'initiatives.
 Chorale Sainte-Cécile.
 Amis des orgues et de la culture.
 Amicale des sapeurs-pompiers.
 Syndicat viticole.
 Club 77 - club des jeunes du village.

Lieux et monuments

Église des Saints-Innocents

Elle aurait été construite au  sur le modèle de l'abbatiale de l'abbaye de Niedermunster. Subsiste de cette époque la base romane du clocher et une frise lombarde. Elle a été remaniée à la fin du  (après avoir été incendiée en 1444 par les Armagnacs) en style gothique, au milieu du  en style baroque, au début du  avec adjonction d'un chœur néo-roman qui comporte une magnifique fresque Art nouveau. À noter la chaire, l'orgue Rohrer de 1734 dont le buffet est classé, le Mont des Oliviers du , et une rare cloche fondue en 1474 et offerte par le curé Jean Meyer, sur laquelle figure un christ en croix et l'inscription "S.LUCAS, S.MARCUS, S.MATHEUS, S.IOHANNES, O, REX, GLORIE, XPE, VENI, CUM, PACE, AVE, MARIA".

Chapelle Saint-Erasme
Jusqu'au , la chapelle Saint-Erasme était nommée Notre-Dame-de-la-Délivrande. Les femmes venaient s'y soigner, notamment après des accouchements difficiles, en se baignant dans l'eau d'une source aujourd'hui tarie. La chapelle a sans doute été construite au  par les cisterciens de l'abbaye de Baumgarten. Elle comportait plusieurs couches de fresques hélas détruites dans les années soixante lors d'une rénovation malheureuse. Y figuraient notamment une Totentanz ou danse macabre sans doute du  et une couche encore plus ancienne. La chapelle prétend à une haute antiquité : elle serait bâtie sur un ancien temple à la déesse de la Fécondité. Une voie romaine passe en tous cas tout à côté.

La chapelle Saint-Erasme a donné son nom à la communauté de paroisses à laquelle appartient aujourd'hui Blienschwiller, communauté de paroisses reconnue lors d'une célébration par monseigneur Kratz, le 22 février 2009, à Dambach-la-Ville. La communauté comprend les paroisses de Blienschwiller, Dambach-la-Ville, Epfig et Nothalten.

Château ou Schlessel
Blienschwiller n'a jamais eu d'enceinte fortifiée. Il y a eu quelques éléments de défense ; une porte est par exemple citée dans l'Unterdorf vers Epfig. Mais une demeure que certains datent du  subsiste en contrebas de l'église : le Schlessel, petit château en alsacien. Il aurait été construit par les chevaliers de Berckheim, a passé aux Andlau, puis a été vendu à des bourgeois strasbourgeois. En 1544, le château flanqué de tours d'angle se composait de la maison, de la cour, du pressoir, des étables et des jardins. Au début du , il est acheté pour la première fois par des bourgeois du village, en l'occurrence la famille Kehr ; en 1787, il a été remanié : ses quatre tours et le chemin de ronde ont été détruits, le millésime 1787 subsiste sur une fenêtre du deuxième étage ; dans l'ancienne cour du château, une maison de 1506, qui porte un écu bûche, serait une ancienne dépendance prolongée en 1715. Un mur d'enceinte peu élevé comprend encore des meurtrières. Une couleuvrinière est encore visible. C'est aujourd'hui une maison d'habitation à la très belle cave voûtée.

Metzig
Grande maison centrale qui présente un rez-de-chaussée percé d'arcades de grès. Elle date du début du  : la date 1602 est gravée dans la pierre. L'ensemble est flanqué d'un porche équipé d'une porte pour piétons. Il se tenait sans doute aussi un petit marché sous les arcades. L'ancienne mairie, détruite dans la deuxième moitié du , était construite sur le même modèle. Elle abritait sans doute la Laub et la Gemeindestube, citées au .

Presbytère
Le presbytère ou Pfàrrhüss se trouve à côté de l'église. C'est un bâtiment du tout début du , un des plus beaux du village, qui remplace celui construit en 1585 par l'abbaye d'Andlau, de laquelle dépendait la paroisse de Blienschwiller.

Fontaine octogonale
La fontaine ou Stockbùrne se situe sur la placette de la Metzig. Elle est datée de la deuxième moitié du . Elle est décorée de motifs de style gothique tardif. Au centre, le fût torsadé est surmonté d'une fleur de lys sculptée.

Personnalités liées à la commune

 Bodol, fils de Hugo et neveu de sainte Odile, de la famille des ducs d'Alsace, qui a vécu au début du  et aurait été cité dans la première mention écrite de Blienschwiller en 823, "pleanungovillare sive bodolesvillare".
 Henricus de Blienschwiller, moine peut-être originaire du village, ou issu d'une famille noble de Haute Alsace, qui a écrit au milieu du  un recueil de sermons : Sermones de tempore et de sanctis.
 Jakob Hanser, schultheiss (prévôt) de Blienschwiller et instigateur du premier Bundschuh (serment de l'Ungersberg, 23 mars 1493). Contrairement aux autres chefs du mouvement, il a réussi à échapper aux troubles liés à l'échec du complot et a disparu, sans doute protégé par des relations au sein de la République de Strasbourg. C'est un des personnages principaux du roman d'Antoine Beck, "Le soulier lacé/La terre qui saigne".
 Le prêtre Jean Meyer, humaniste, a été l'artisan principal de la reconstruction de l'église paroissiale dans la deuxième moitié du . Cet ami de Jean Geiler de Kaysersberg a appartenu au même milieu que le Leutpriester Müller de Dambach-la-Ville, l'un des maîtres de Sébastien Brant. Jean Meyger est cité en 1473, puis le 23 avril 1477, quand il a réuni quelques paroissiens pour instaurer la célébration d'un salve regina à la Saint-Martin, aux six fêtes de la Vierge et aux Quatre Temps. Il était encore curé lors de l'achèvement de la reconstruction de l'église et en 1484. Il est mort à la Trinité 1490.
 Paul Hemmerlin (ca. 1460-1527), humaniste né à Blienschwiller. La traduction de son nom est « petit marteau », ce qui correspond à son pseudonyme latin Paulus Malleolus. Ce Blienschwillerois de naissance a fréquenté l'université d'Erfurt en 1482 avant d'acquérir ses grades universitaires de bachelier, licencié et maître ès Arts à Paris, en 1487-1488. Ami des humanistes, notamment du français Robert Gaguin, il est archiprêtre d'Andlau en 1511 jusqu'à sa mort en 1527. Il a notamment publié une édition de Térence en 1499, à Paris, sous son pseudonyme Paulus Mallealus, en reproduisant le commentaire latin du philologue italien Pierre Marsus et en ajoutant des précisions qu'Érasme a trouvés « élégantes ». Des rééditions avec ces notes ont été imprimées durant toute la première moitié du .
 Philipp Plenel ou Blauärmel, tisserand sans doute originaire de Blienschwiller, qui a donné son nom aux Philippites, un mouvement anabaptiste d'Europe centrale entre 1527 et 1540 environ.
 Monseigneur Charles Emile Freppel (1827-1891), évêque d'Angers, où il a créé l'Université Catholique de l'Ouest, député à l'Assemblée nationale en 1880. Il s'éleva notamment contre l'instruction laïque qu'il jugeait "inutile, inefficace, et tendant au socialisme d'État", et combattit le rétablissement du divorce. Il fut réélu député du Finistère, le 14 octobre 1885, et il s'opposa notamment aux poursuites contre le général Boulanger. Économiste, il fut un défenseur du catholicisme social et influença fortement la rédaction de l'Encyclique sociale Rerum Novarum par le Pape Léon XIII. Sa famille maternelle, les Schlosser, était originaire de Blienschwiller où il a donné sa première messe, en 1849 - et a failli perdre la vie à cause d'une pierre tombée du clocher à la sortie de l'église. Église pour laquelle il a obtenu de Napoléon III une subvention impériale de 300 francs-or, en 1859. Il a participé aux travaux du premier concile du Vatican (décembre 1869-juillet 1870) et a envoyé de Rome les reliques authentifiées de saint Érasme. Sa maison natale porte une plaque commémorative.
 L'abbé Charles Hamm (1850-1911). Nommé vicaire à Thann en 1877, il a été chargé dès son arrivée d'animer l'orgue et de réorganiser la chorale de la collégiale. Passionné par la renaissance grégorienne, il a composé lui-même de nombreux motets. C'est naturellement qu'il a eu l'idée, à Thann, après sa rencontre avec Joseph Erb, de créer l'Union Sainte-Cécile des Chorales du diocèse de Strasbourg. La première réunion a eu lieu le 21 septembre 1882 à Châtenois.

Héraldique

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Raymond Eschenbrenner, Blienschwiller, manuscrit en allemand disponible à la mairie.
 Jean-Marie Ernst, Blienschwiller au cœur du vignoble, éditions Coprur, 1988.
 Anne-Marie Hickel, Blienschwiller autrefois, 1983.
 Le patrimoine des communes du Bas-Rhin, FLOHIC éditions, 1999. 2 volumes.
 Encyclopédie de l'Alsace, Publitotal, 1982-1986. 12 volumes.
 Michel Paul Urban, Lieux-dits, dictionnaire étymologique et historique des noms et lieux en Alsace, Editions du Rhin, 2003.
 Albert Rosenkranz, Der Bundschuh, die Erhebungen des südwestdeutschen Bauernstandes in den Jahren 1493–1517, éditions Winter, 1927.
 Société d'histoire de Dambach-la-Ville, Barr, Obernai, Annuaires, depuis 1967.

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes du Bas-Rhin

Liens externes

 Site de la mairie
 Site de l'office de tourisme Barr Bernstein
 Blienschwiller sur le site de l'Institut géographique national

Notes et références

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Commune dans le canton de Barr
Commune dans le Bas-Rhin


After a couple missed opportunities earlier in the year, I was reluctant to "mess up" my big buck area to go after does. After some guys that hunt the same property tracked two deer and walked through every bedding area on the property, I figured it wouldn't hurt to take a doe if I got the opportunity.
Late in the morning I had a doe come through and after making sure there wasn't a buck following her, I took a 10yd shot out of my climber. I'm shooting a 54# Two Tracks Longwalker with AD Trad Lites and Centaur Big Game heads (single bevel). It buried up to the feathers, taking out one rib on the entry and two on the exit. I could instantly see blood as she ran and I heard her crash about 100yds away. I could easily see the blood trail from my stand so I decided to go get my sons Drake and Reed to do the tracking for me.
They made short work of the blood trail and I tagged my first trad killed deer in many years. About 10yrs ago I shot a doe in the corn with a Bear Kodiak Mag just to say I'd done it. This year I decided it would be a lot more fun to go to a stick and string. It sure is! Enjoying each minute of it. Also got to use the knife that Kevin made from the riser cut-outs. Works great!
Congrats Gabe that is awesome!!
Very nice!! The pic with your boys tells it all!
Michigan made Gabe! That is an awesome combination right there.
My sister is in town from Washington DC and hasn't had venison in awhile so I grilled up marinated backstraps for the familiy on Sunday after church. There's nothing like having a great hunt and topping it off with an awesome meal the next day!
Gotta love those Michigan products too. Thanks Chuck and Kevin! Oh and notice the Stormy Kromer hat, made in Ironwood, MI.
My older boy wrote in his journal at school about the track job. Gotta keep that hunting tradition alive and I've got two little ambassadors to their school system now. Drake and I went and testified at the House Committee hearing for the Hunter Heritage bill this spring. I can't wait till they get to go out hunting for the first time in the spring turkey season. He'll get to see firsthand how hunters can band together and make a change legislatively and then go out and take part in the first chance younger hunters will get in this state. I got to shoot a limit of doves after helping push Michigan's dove bill through a few years back so I know the sense of accomplishment it is.
Wow, Gabe. Very awesome. I'm really excited that you and Jimmie have been bitten by the traditional bug. More challenging? No question. Greater sense of accomplishment? No question. Michigan's heritage in traditional archery is second to none. Now I'm just waiting for more traditional hunts on the show. I'm sure they will be coming.
If I could ever convince my buddies to give up their ruts for taping, we'd probably have more traditional hunts on the show. It's tough enough to get one on tape but to get two stands, camera and longbow in a tree, well let's just say it's a bit harder. But, we'll keep trying!
Shoot some Zippers and a Bear.
Good job getting the kids involved to track her up. Congrats!


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The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."
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In the middle of the 16th century, during the reign of Queen Mary I of England (also known as "Bloody Mary" due to her brutal religious persecution), three Protestant clergymen were charged with heresy and executed at this very spot in Oxford, now marked with a brick cross in the middle of the road.
The Protestant martyrs—Archbishop of Canterbury Tomas Cranmer, Archbishop of London Nicholas Ridley, and Bishop of Worcester Hugh Latimer—were brought before a commission at the Church of St Mary the Virgin and found guilty for not believing in transubstantiation, the change by which bread and wine becomes the body and blood of Christ. The first two men were put to death on October 16, 1555, while the later watched from the tower of the nearby Bocardo gaol (jail) at the Northgate. Hugh Latimer finally lost his appeal and was killed on the same spot on March 21, 1556.
Though there is a more ornate and auspicious monument to the martyrs outside St. Giles Church around the corner (erected in 1843), this brick cross exposed the pavement is said to mark the exact location of the deed. At the time of the execution, this location would have been on the outskirts of town, just south of the city's walls.
The nursery rhyme, Three Blind Mice has been suggested as an allegory for the trio of clergymen's demise.
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The Curious Case of Luis Alberto
Anfield Index > Featured Article > The Curious Case of Luis Alberto
The Rules of Luis Alberto:
"1st RULE: You do not play Luis Alberto.
2nd RULE: You DO NOT play Luis Alberto."
Okay, so maybe that is a bit harsh on Liverpool's number 6, but in light of recent injuries, fans have been calling out for Brendan Rodgers to hand Luis Alberto Romero his first Premier League start for the Reds. Limited to only 9 substitute appearances so far, equating to a total of 135 minutes, Alberto has yet to be given a true chance to stamp his presence on a league game.
Yet, many fans are still scratching their heads as to where exactly the Cadiz native's most influential position is within Brendan Rodgers' numerous setups. A loan spell at Barcelona B last season saw Alberto predominantly deployed on the left wing or as a false nine for Eusebio Sacristán's Segunda outfit.
What Alberto has showcased to Liverpool fans is that he is intelligent, an efficient passer, possesses good vision (see his assist for Luis Suarez's second goal versus Tottenham Hotspur), and is technically sound. Unfortunately, he is not blessed with a great deal of pace, meaning this forward position, particularly at left wing, may not work out for Alberto in England or in Rodgers' system.
With this in mind, it is worth discussing the potential positions Liverpool fans may witness Luis Alberto play in relation to Rodgers' formations.
Number Ten Role
Rodgers has utilised Alberto as a trequartista against Notts County in the Capital One Cup victory at Anfield, as well as against Oldham in the FA Cup, his only professional starts for Liverpool. As well as this, in his 9 league appearances, Alberto has often come on for Philippe Coutinho, indicating the position behind the striker may well be the role Rodgers sees Alberto occupying, in the short-term at least.
Alberto's statistics this season are limited, particularly considering the lack of game time he has received. (The longest Alberto has been on the pitch in the league is 27 minutes, which he received in the frustrating 2-2 draw against Newcastle). Yet, when compared to his counterpart within the squad Philippe Coutinho, statistically we see an unusual pattern emerge.
Coutinho has played almost exactly ten times the amount of minutes as Alberto, and in a peculiar coincidence, the statistics roughly follow the same trend. Is this proof of Alberto's ability, or a gauge of his success? No, definitely not. It is a peculiar phenomenon of statistical chance. Both players possess different characteristics of an advanced playmaker: Coutinho is a gifted dribbler with the ball at his feet, and has the ability to create space by beating men at will and finding the killer pass. On the other hand, Luis Alberto has the ability to collect and shield the ball to find a killer pass; adjourning the play without displacing himself from his initial position.
As noted above, until Alberto consistently starts league games in this position, it is difficult to truly develop a sense for how he will cope against high quality opposition on the ball as a trequartista.
Number 8 Role
A similar task to what Coutinho carried out in the 4-0 demolishment of Everton in the 222nd Merseyside Derby, Alberto has the potential to play as the attacking midfielder in a 1-2 midfield.
Although not as quick as Coutinho, Alberto's passing coupled with his vision indicates his ability to recognise plays ahead of him, with the attacking trio of Luis Suarez, Daniel Sturridge and Raheem Sterling tormenting defenders and creating space for passes to land in. Another element that Alberto could possibly bring to the midfield is his goal scoring ability. 11 goals from 38 games, albeit from an attacking position, indicate Alberto knows how to find the back of the net. His first and only goal for the club in the pre-season friendly against Valerenga exemplifies the technique and quality Alberto has when shooting on goal. A beautiful shot taken on the volley, Alberto demonstrated his capability in front of goal.
Although Liverpool are second only to Manchester City in terms of goals scored, there is a dearth of goal-scoring midfielders in Rodgers's squad. Whether Alberto can develop into that type of player is questionable, but his ability from range and dead-ball scenarios are certainly factors to be accounted for.
Recently, Brendan Rodgers expressed his desire to prolong the career of Steven Gerrard by situating his captain in the Andrea Pirlo role; more commonly referred to as a 'Regista'. For this to work, Gerrard requires the two midfielders in front of him to operate in a similar way to Vidal and Pogba at Juventus; by shuffling and covering for Gerrard's diminishing mobility. Allen and Henderson, a dynamic partnership that press and harry the opposition into conceding possession would allow Gerrard to dictate the game with his passing ability.
Although unlikely, if Rodgers wishes to continue this setup in the future, Alberto's passing ability and vision may be utilised in the deepest position of a midfield three.
With two midfielders working in front of him, Alberto will be given the freedom to drift into positions to receive the ball and begin attacking moves, while also covering for the defence.
A lot of work would require this to work. It would involve a commitment from Rodgers to discipline not only Alberto into playing this position, but the Liverpool side as well. Although his passing ability is evident and the fact these statistics are from an attacking midfield position, Alberto would have to improve his defensive duties for this role to work.
What next for Luis Alberto?
From initial indications, whenever Luis Alberto features for Liverpool it will be as an attacking midfielder. And that is if he features that often. Rodgers has used Alberto, to many a fan's frustration, sporadically. Nobody knows the exact reason why this is the case (unconfirmed rumours of him being unsettled have appeared on social networking sites, but are yet to be proved).
Many Liverpool fans were expecting a similar impact to be made by Luis Alberto that Philippe Coutinho did. However, it appears fans must be patient before they begin to see Luis Alberto on a frequent basis in the Red of Liverpool.
Ironically, it may be the fact Liverpool failed to sign a first-team quality attacking midfielder in the Summer that is limiting Rodgers' use of Alberto. Rodgers is relying on his strongest sides to force Liverpool into the top 4, and he may not trust Alberto just yet. Whether it is a mentality issue or Rodgers simply believes the Spaniard is not ready, fans will not receive a definite answer just yet.
But, it is hoped that Luis Alberto realises his full potential while at Liverpool, and whether it is in one of the positions discussed above fans will have to wait and see.
And hopefully, one day in the not too distant future, there will be new rules at Liverpool Football Club.
"1st RULE: You do not drop Luis Alberto.
2nd RULE: You DO NOT drop Luis Alberto."
(…well, unless his form drops or something necessitating his exclusion from the side…)
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Most expensive car ever sold at auction fetches $48 million
Published Mon, Aug 27 2018 11:50 AM EDT Updated Mon, Aug 27 2018 3:53 PM EDT
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A Ferrari 250 GTO was sold at RM Sotheby's on Saturday night for a record $48.4 million as part of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
Greg Whitten, who joined Microsoft in 1979 as its 15th employee and sold the car, said it's been a better investment since he bought it for one-tenth its selling price in 2000.
Most expensive car ever sold at auction priced at $48.5 million
A 1962 Ferrari became the most expensive car ever sold at auction, fetching $48.4 million over the weekend.
The car, a Ferrari 250 GTO, was sold at RM Sotheby's on Saturday night as part of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance — a kind of Coachella for classic cars and wealthy collectors that includes five days of auctions, parties, unveilings, tours, and races around Monterey and Pebble Beach, California.
The events concluded on Sunday with the Concours d'Elegance awards for best car restorations.
The Ferrari sale helped push the total sales for the collectible car auctions to about $368 million, a 12 percent increase over last year and the first rise since the car market peak in 2014, according to Hagerty, the classic car insurance and research firm.
A 1935 Duesenberg SSJ Roadster also sold Friday at Gooding & Co. for $22 million, breaking the record for the most expensive American car ever sold at auction. Car analysts said the results show that super rare trophies can still smash records even though the broader classic car market remains subdued.
"Heavyweight bidders rose to the challenge posed by so many A-list cars, but the rest of the buyers weren't so bullish," said Hagerty.
The record-breaking Ferrari showed once again that the 250 GTO's remain the holy grail for classic car collectors. Ferrari only made 36 of them and they dominated racing during their day, winning more than 300 races combined. Many also consider the 250 GTO the most beautiful Ferrari ever made, with its elegant, sleek styling remaining timeless. As CNBC reported, a GTO sold in a private sale this spring for more than $70 million.
The car that broke the record Saturday was the third GTO Ferrari made and it maintains many of its original parts. It was sold by Greg Whitten, a former Microsoft executive who bought the car in 2000 for what experts say was less than one-tenth of Saturday's sale price.
Whitten said he bought the car to race in vintage car races and once got it up over 155 mph.
"It's a beautiful car, but it's not whole until you are racing it," he said.
Yet over time, as vintage racing was opened to a wider variety of cars, Whitten said that he had a hard time racing the car against more powerful, newer cars. And he said the owners of less expensive cars could become careless on the racetrack around the far more valuable GTO — so it was no longer as fun to race and to own.
"Some of these people don't have respect for the car," he said. "If they crash it it's not a big deal."
Even though he sold his GTO, Whitten said he still has "about a dozen" other Ferraris and he hopes to purchase plenty of other classic race cars.
When asked how a car could possibly be worth the price of multiple mansions, he said, "It's very hard to fathom. But you're in a space where you have collectors, and Ferraris are the most collectible car and the GTO is the pinnacle of Ferrari. You're really in rare territory and there are collectors who want to have one."
Whitten, who was the 15th employee of Microsoft and joined in 1979, said he doesn't buy cars as investments – but to be driven and raced.
When asked which had been a better investment, Microsoft stock or the GTO, he said it depended on the time frame. From 2000, when he bought the car, the GTO had been " a far better investment," because of where Microsoft was trading in 2000. But since 1979, "Microsoft was a much better investment. But the GTO is much more fun," he said.
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2013 HA Review of the Year: Part 3
31/12/2013 in Reviews | by Alan S | Leave a comment
In the final part of our review of the past year here on the Heritage Journal, we look at some of the stories we covered from September through to December this year.
We continued our 'Fascinating Facts' series throughout the month, looking at dog kennels, four-posters, the folklore of the Stanton Drew area and asked "what is a henge?" One of our members also wrote about the Modern Megaliths of North Wales, following his recent trip there.
The plight of Oswestry was further discussed as we asked, "why build there?", and published a guest blog from a local campaigner. Further south, Stonehenge continued to be in the news as the building of the Visitor Centre gathered pace toward the December opening.
In Heritage Crime news, we started another short series of 'Embarrassing Inconsistencies' and highlighted a statement from Rescue about the ongoing cuts in service.
Our campaign against unethical metal-detecting continued unabated, despite all attempts to discredit us.
Much the same stories continued throughout October. On the planning front, Owen Patterson displayed a remarkable amount of 'front', by suggesting a kind of 'Heritage Offset' scheme for builders and planners. This prompted a guest article from another of our readers. Even the Chairman of the National Trust got into the act! And this in a month when hundreds of ancient sites were rediscovered, thanks to LIDAR. Of course, we couldn't mention planning without returning to the Oswestry Hillfort story once again.
The Stonehenge plans moved forward, and we gave some first impressions, reported on the closure of the A344 and reminded people what might have been.
In terms of Community involvement, statistics showed the true impact of the budget cuts, and we commented on English Heritage's volunteer recruitment plans and the HLF award to the CBA for Community Archaeology Training Placements.
meanwhile, on one of our regular trips to Cornwall, we reported on three 'on the ground' projects there. Firstly, the work being done to reinstate a fallen monument at Carwynnen, then attempts by volunteers to clear up a lesser known site, the Mulfra Courtyard Houses. Finally, we drew attention to some serious neglect issues at the Men an Tol and nearby sites, which are being tracked in detail by the Save Penwith Moors group.
With the (food) harvest safely gathered, it was time for another harvest to begin in earnest, with metal detectorists out in force. We pointed out another 'Embarrassing Inconsistency', showed that our own Artefact Erosion Counter is wrong, and pointed out why we think artefact hunting is so wrong.
The month started off with our most read post ever. Indeed, on the day it was briefly the most read WordPress.com posting in Britain, which apparently upset one of our webmaster colleagues. We can't think why!
Over in Wales, we returned again to the Mynydd y Betws story, and whilst a lot of media fuss was made of a new Archwilio Android App, we pointed out some deficiencies which should really have been addressed before its release.
In Planning news, we continued asking questions about the situation at Oswestry, and there were questions about Stonehenge too.
We also attended a very good Community Archaeology Open Day in Cambridgeshire, and celebrated Dr William Stukeley's birthday.
And so to December. The Oswestry planning issue was still looming large so a local author took to our pages with an important question to start the month, and our own Sue Brooke gave an indication of what the future may hold for Oswestry. We could only await the outcome with bated breath.
With English Heritage's fate seemingly sealed by a new funding deal, we tried to summarise and interpret what those closest to the deal were saying.
The Stonehenge opening went well by all accounts, though the impending 'advance booking' requirements drew some adverse comments. We were concerned for some regular inhabitants of the stones, and also about the ongoing suggestion that EH want to continue to press for a tunnel.
An archaeological 'blogging carnival' started in November, and we published our responses to the first two questions. More to come, maybe?
Celebrating the birthday of Sir Richard Colt-Hoare, we moved into the festive period, and in a first for us, published a short Christmas Eve Quiz (answers to come very shortly, stay tuned!)
In an attempt to look forward rather than back as the year draws to it's final end, as far as metal detecting is concerned, there appears to be a faint chink of light in the far distance. What will the future bring I wonder, for those of us with an interest in, and concern for, the distant past?
That's it for another year. We hope you've enjoyed reading the variety of news that we've covered during the year, and that you'll stick with us for another year of news and views on heritage matters. If there's a particular subject you'd like to see covered, or if you'd like to contribute to the Heritage Journal in any way, please feel free to get in touch with us – the link is there on the menu bar. We look forward to hearing from you.
If you're out celebrating tonight, enjoy yourself but stay safe: don't drink and drive!
12 Days – Day 7
31/12/2013 in 12 Days of Xmas | by Alan S | Leave a comment
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While buying a domain seems relatively straightforward, there are some finer details that can confuse small business owners. WHOIS and domain privacy are two interlinked topics that most people new to buying a domain name don't fully understand.
Let's explore these two components to better understand WHOIS, and how domain privacy might affect you, your website and your business.
WHOIS is one of the oldest tools pertaining to domains. It exists as a way for anyone to retrieve the public records of who owns domains, IP address blocks and more.
It can contain varying amounts of information, but the basic purpose of WHOIS is to enable individuals to access information about who owns the domain of a website in a way that humans can read.
WHOIS tools can work on a manual or automatic basis. Automatic tools are typically responsible for the various complications that can arise with domains and public WHOIS information.
The key point to note here, is that when you buy a domain, all the information about you is stored in a public database, that anyone can access. Let that sink in for a moment! This is the WHOIS database.
What information is stored in the WHOIS database?
The information returned by a WHOIS query comes from domain registrars. Registrars register domains with customer information that is then kept on a publicly accessible portion of the registrar's servers.
The information contained within WHOIS queries can vary widely depending upon the registrar and the amount of information provided during the time the domain was registered. This can make answering the question of "What is WHOIS?" somewhat complex.
A physical address for the domain registrant.
A valid telephone and/or email address for the registrant.
Name servers the domain points to.
The expiration date of the domain.
Contact details for the domain registrar, which includes but is not limited to: abuse, support and technical email or phone numbers; information about past abuse reports; or technical information about the domain registrar's servers.
These are just the basic details that WHOIS queries are required to provide. You may gain additional contact details, more information about the domain itself or information regarding other domains that the registrant has registered with the domain registrar.
For the technically minded, WHOIS information is required to be accessible through a simple query on port 43 of any domain registrar's machines. This creates an easy and uniform way for domain information to be retrieved almost instantly, so anyone with some programming skills can write a simple script to query the WHOIS database.
For most non-technical users, WHOIS information can be retrieved by looking for a registrar that publicly provides a WHOIS tool. A WHOIS tool generally consists of a simple text entry field on a web page, where you can enter the domain name you want to look up, and it will return the WHOIS information outlined above for that domain. Simple! And that's the problem: it's simple for programmers and the general public to find out your personal information such as name, address, phone number, and so on.
When buying a domain, most registrars will give you the chance to register a domain privately. This allows the registrar to supply their contact details while acting as an intermediary for you, as you are required to provide accurate details regarding your domain upon registration.
The feature of domain privacy costs more than just domain registration. Very few registrars will provide domain privacy without an additional fee.
Depending upon your needs and your concerns, private registration may enable both you and your business to stay safe from unwanted spam, marketers and people trying to find certain details pertaining to your business.
What happens when you use private domain registration?
When you register for a domain using private registration, the WHOIS information will reflect your registrar or their domain privacy service rather than your details. The extra fee tends to factor in due to the heightened cost of domain privacy and the assurance that the domain registrar can contact you.
It is worth noting that at no point should the information you provide during domain registration be incorrect. You run the risk of forfeiting your domain, lose the ability to defend your domain if any problems arise, and may find your domain stolen by shady individuals.
This could create a number of problems for your website and your business.
What happens when you use public domain registration?
When you forgo private registration, your details are left public for anyone to see. While ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: the body that oversees the administration of IP addresses and domain names) explicitly states that WHOIS information should not be used for solicitation purposes, some shady individuals will inevitably do just this.
These individuals may contact you. They may offer your services, closely monitor your domain for any changes, or try to pressure you to transfer your domain to them without proper legal action. It is common for postal mail to arrive at the registered postal address, an emails to the email address, with bogus offers, such as search engine submission and SEO fees, designed to extract money from you.
Malicious individuals may also try to make you the target of one of several domain-related scams. They may try to make you pay for information edits, request that you pay a fee to prevent your domain from being locked, or make you the target of domain renewal notices from a registrar you have never used.
Public domain registration, while cheaper than private domain registration, provides less security. It can leave you vulnerable to numerous malicious entities. However, if you are comfortable that your business data is already freely available, and feel confident that you won't be sucked in by bogus and spammy offers, then public domain registration won't be a problem for you.


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Q: Is it possible to install XAMPP with a UI wizard in Ubuntu 15.10? I am very new to Ubuntu. I've downloaded XAMPP as a tar, extracted it, but didn't know what to do with the extracted material. There is no .exe link such as in Windows. I was seeing some Youtube videos and all I found was showing installation via the terminal. I have also  searched in Google for XAMPP Ubuntu install and AskUbuntu XAMPP UI but I only found articles that didn't deal with a UI install solely.
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CDC: Wearing contacts during sleep may risk serious eye damage
A 59-year-old man was in the shower, wiping his eyes with a towel, when he heard a popping sound and felt pain shoot through his left eye.
His cornea had developed a severe ulcer and ruptured, tearing a hole in his eye.
The ulcer grew from a bacterial infection the man developed after leaving his soft contact lenses in overnight during a two-day hunting trip, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case report.
About one in every three people who wear contact lenses sleep or nap with their lenses still in, the CDC says.
These folks are risking their eyesight.
[post_ads]Sleeping in contacts increases your risk of a serious eye infection six- to eight-fold, the CDC warns.
"I've been telling patients not to sleep in contacts since the days when they told you that you can sleep in them. It's bad news," said Dr. Mark Fromer, an ophthalmologist with Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Emergency surgery to replace the cornea saved the 59-year-old's eye. He eventually recovered useful vision, but only after undergoing cataract surgery a year later.
Sleeping in contacts creates perfect conditions for a bacterial eye infection, Fromer said.
"When you close your eyes, you're creating a situation where you have less oxygen," he explained. "The contact lens has the ability to trap bacteria right on the surface of your cornea. You have a plastic lens sitting on your eye the entire night, maybe seven or eight hours, creating a place for bacteria to grow."
In the Aug. 17 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC shares six case studies of people whose eyesight was endangered by leaving their contacts in overnight.
In one case, a 17-year-old girl lost most of the sight in her right eye after sleeping in a soft contact lens purchased without a prescription at a chain store. The infection caused a corneal ulcer that left scars.
A corneal ulcer is an open sore on the cornea, the clear, dome-shaped film that covers the front of your eye, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
These ulcers can badly and permanently damage vision, potentially causing blindness if they aren't treated, the AAO says.
"They are sight-threatening and they are painful," Fromer said of these ulcers. "They can cause a perforation of the cornea or very significant scarring to your cornea."
In another case study cited by the CDC, a 57-year-old man developed infections in both eyes after wearing the same soft contact lenses continuously for about two weeks. He didn't disinfect his lenses daily and slept in them regularly. Vision in both eyes was affected: He needed a corneal transplant to save his right eye, and his left eye was scarred.
Even decorative contacts -- ones that change the look of the eye but might not correct vision -- can do damage. An 18-year-old developed an ulcer in his right eye after sleeping in decorative soft contacts bought at a local store, according to the CDC report. His vision eventually improved in both eyes, but his left cornea remains scarred.
Fromer said he draws a hard line with patients about sleeping in their contacts.
"I have zero patients sleeping in them, and if my patients are sleeping in their contact lenses when they come into my office, I get them out of that habit right away," he said.
More informationThe American Academy of Ophthalmology has more about corneal ulcers.
Health - U.S. Daily News: CDC: Wearing contacts during sleep may risk serious eye damage
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Floridians wait for low-THC cannabis treatment due to health department's failings
December 10, 2014 | by Rob Port
By William Patrick | Florida Watchdog
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Charlotte's Web isn't just an adorable children's classic. It's also the name of a compassionate medical marijuana law passed by the Republican-dominated Florida Legislature earlier this year that's having trouble getting off the ground.
CHARLOTTE'S WEB: Due to administrative issues at the Florida Department of Health, it's unclear whether low-THC medical cannabis will be available for ailing Floridians by the Jan. 1, 2015 deadline.
Unlike the medical marijuana ballot amendment that failed to meet voter approval last month during the mid-term elections, Charlotte's Web doesn't involve smoking or getting high. Only 16 of 160 state legislators voted against it.
But due to administrative failings at the Florida Department of Health, thousands of patients in need of relief could be forced to wait past the Jan. 1, 2015, implementation deadline.
Named for Charlotte Figi, a 5-year-old girl who experienced fewer epileptic seizures after being treated with a low-THC marijuana oil. THC is the euphoric ingredient in pot.
"It's unlike anything that I, in my 30 years of medical practice, have experienced," said Dr. Alan Shackelford, a leading medical marijuana-endorsing physician based in Colorado.
Figi suffers from Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of intractable epilepsy that begins in infancy, has limited treatment options and requires constant care. After being treated with marijuana oil, her seizures dropped from a reported 300 a week to just one a week.
The Epilepsy Foundation of Florida estimates 375,000 Floridians suffer from epilepsy, many of whom are children. Other debilitating ailments eligible for treatment under Charlotte's Web include cancer, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and additional conditions involving chronic symptoms related to seizures or muscle spasms.
But turning over the implementation of Charlotte's Web to the Department of Health has been anything but smooth.
An administrative law judge invalidated FDOH's implementing rules last month, stating the department acted outside of its authority when determining who could supply the low-THC cannabis.
"In attempting to codify the above-referenced provisions the department has taken upon itself to implement policies which the Legislature has expressly rejected, or for which the Legislature chose not to grant the Department authority," the ruling concludes.
Rather than identifying who could best provide the medical product, FDOH constructed an arbitrary lottery system based more on geography than competency. Several qualified growers filed suit along with the Florida Medical Cannabis Association.
"Assuring the dependable delivery of consistently high-quality, low-THC medicine is too important to be left to chance. Rather than minimally qualified applicants, citizens of the State of Florida, including sick and vulnerable children, deserve approval of the most qualified growers, processors and dispensers of low-THC cannabis," the decision states.
Seen critically by some as a political workaround to simply legalizing medical marijuana, the Charlotte's Web legislation is strikingly narrow in scope.
Only five growers, or dispensaries, are allowed to participate.
Each grower must have 30 years of uninterrupted business operations.
A $5 million performance bond must be posted.
Each grower must be certified to produce at least 400,000 plants.
Additionally, an amendment to the legislation creates criminal penalties for any physician that prescribes low-THC cannabis to patients that don't meet a qualified medical condition.
Floridamarijuanainfo.org, a nonpartisan group that doesn't take a position for or against medical marijuana, says the small number of growers creates a "monopoly" for the five chosen businesses, thus "severely limiting competition and free enterprise."
"The bill only allocates $1 million to oversee the entire 'cannabis' program, leaving room for potential corruption and mismanagement," the nonpartisan website adds.
Watchdog.org contacted the Florida Department of Health for comment, but didn't receive a return response.
Whether the FDOH will meet its deadline in three weeks is unclear.
Even so, according to the SaintPetersBlog.com, only nine physicians are currently authorized to recommend low-THC marijuana extracts under the Charlotte's Web law.
Rob Port
Rob Port is the editor of SayAnythingBlog.com, a columnist for the Forum News Service, and host of the Plain Talk Podcast which you can subscribe to by clicking here.


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Technology companies leverage M&A for innovation and growth
22 December 2017 Consultancy.uk
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Technology, media and telecommunications companies find themselves in a period of rapid change, as digital and new technologies shift borders and transform whole industries. New analysis shows technology firms are increasingly interested in acquiring companies, in a bid to grow, access innovation, and expand into new segments.
While merger and acquisition activity has been in a state of flux in recent months, technology investment remains one of the world's fastest growing sectors, driven by innovation and disruption. The industry, has, in recent years, sought to leverage strategic mergers and acquisitions to acquire access to broader tools, as well as users' data, among others. Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp for instance, or Apple's acquisition of Shazam are examples of such strategic moves.
The industry remains well endowed with cash, while growing disruption in the Fintech space means that tech companies continue to eye ways of competing across traditional borders – with acquisitions of start-ups being a popular investment route. To better understand current trends within the technology sector, EY released its 'Can increased M&A competition and better deal making coexist?' report. The report is based on responses from 3,000 CEOs, of which 621 respondents were from TMT companies.
The tech sector was found to be bullish on the global economic picture, with 83% of respondents to the latest survey saying that global economic growth is improving from their perspective. This represents a solid 20% increase on the same question from the April edition of the survey, and a massive jump from 17% in the survey result of October 2016.
The research notes that the number of respondents who say that their perspective on global economic growth as declining fell from 22% last year to 1% this year. Firms are also bullish about their own prospects for growth, with 80% citing improvement and 20% stability – market capitalisation in the industry grew by 43% from last year.
In terms of confidence the rapid growth of tech industry, market capitalisation is reflected across key indicators. Respondents' level of confidence at their sector level for corporate earnings hit 71% in the latest survey, a massive 70 percentage point increase from the same period last year. Credit availability increased significantly too, while short term market stability was cited by 68% of respondents as improving. The industry is well positioned in terms of equity valuations / stock market outlook, cited by 46% as improving and 51% as stable.
The current strong position of tech industry respondents places them in a comfortable position to consolidate, expand and access key technologies and talent – through M&A. The number of respondents that expect to pursue M&A over the coming 12 months stood at 57% in the tech industry, a seven-percentage point increase on the previous year and well above the 33% recorded in October 2013.
The tech industry has also increased its acquisition appetite to that of the wider global industry, after considerable divergence between October 2015 and April of this year. The firm notes, however, that while intentions were relatively subdued for the 2015-16 period, actual deal activity was – like much of the wider industry – booming. This year will likely see deal volume decrease by 9% and deal value by 34%.
The key drivers cited by the tech firms surveyed reflect wider trends in the strategic M&A space. The top cited reasons include acquiring innovation (24%) and growing market share (also 24%). Access to new geographies and additional talent follow, at 18% and 16% of respondents respectively. Reactions to changes in customer behaviour and securing supply follow, at 14% and 4% respectively.
Commenting on the sector's M&A appetite, the authors stated, "The question of how much of today's tech sector optimism translates into tomorrow's done deals will be answered in 2018. Tech companies can work to realise their deal making intentions by taking deliberate steps indicated in these pages: re-evaluate their portfolio review process, take advantage of modern analytical tools, prepare for an increasingly competitive M&A market and pre-plan for integration."
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M&A consultants advise Octopus Energy on landmark deals Big Four firm KPMG has advised power supplier Octopus Energy on two landmark deals, lifting the value of the business to just over $2 billion.
Willis Towers Watson's Jana Mercereau on M&A trends for 2021 Despite a surge in dealmaking in the final three months, global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in 2020 fell to its lowest level since the aftermath of the financial crisis over a decade ago
Why technology and cyber due diligence is key for M&A With technology now an integral part of business models, taking a closer look on tech and security during merger & acquisition processes is becoming more important than ever.
Fifth of consumers in Ireland worry 5G has 'health risks' A new study of Irish consumers has found that around 20% believe there are health risks associated with 5G technology.
Manufacturers to turn to predictive technology following 2020 The last 12 months have been a major learning experience for the manufacturing industry, with the coronavirus pandemic and continued uncertainty surrounding the Brexit process putting up a number of
PA Consulting supports development of new sensor technologies Professional services firm PA Consulting is collaborating with the University of Birmingham, BAE Systems, BT and BP to help develop a new generation of sensor technology.
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EY leader to team: 'Work until 11.30pm every night, and at weekends' Big four consulting giant EY's Hong Kong staff are under pressure to work until 11.
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This is the floor model I originally looked at.
The Regalia has a lot of bells and whistles on top of my listed requirements. The lighting is terrific with an LED light bar the length of the 20" throat space, plus a needle light and (gasp) a bobbin light!
It also has a bobbin sensor with alarm to warn when the bobbin gets low plus a thread break sensor and alarm. There is a needle laser (beam) which allows the needle to be put exactly where needed.
The handle bars are independently adjustable which is perfect ruler or micro work. They have programmable buttons plus fingertip start/stop and needle up/down buttons.
The machine sits on a Kinetic Frame which is a 5 rail system. It is adjustable up to 44" tall so it is high enough for me to work without getting a back ache from bending. The 5th rail is batting storage so I finally have a place to store my king sized batting rolls instead of on the floor.
My favorite part is the computer, it comes with a large Acer tablet and Pro Stitcher Premium software. Pro-stitcher has over 900 pre-installed designs so I have been having fun stitching some of them out. The software is user friendly but I am thankful for YouTube videos to help with the learning curve.
I may be MIA while learning the new program in the next few weeks but I look forward to sharing future projects!
First quilt on new machine…Ruler work combined with free motion and computerized quilting.
It's beautiful! Congrats that you were able to find a machine that met all your requirements and then some 🙂 I can't wait to hear more about your quilting adventures together. What machine did you have before this?
Congrats on your new machine Stephanie! I bet you are having so much fun with it. 🙂 I'm seriously considering adding the ProStitcher to my HQ Fusion. I'll be interested in hearing about your adventures with yours!
Thanks so much Beth! I honestly can't say enough about ProStitcher. It is awesome and there are terrific tutorials online to fill in the gap. So far I have zero complaints which is amazing lol! As I get more comfortable with it I'll be doing more posts about it in the future. Thanks again, lmk if you add it!


It seems like such a long time since I first read Terrier, the first book in Tamora Pierce's Provost's Dog trilogy. Oh wait, that's because it was six years ago, back in 2006. I only hazily remember the plot of the first book, but I remember enjoying it. (It's definitely one of Pierce's better books.) Mastiff, the third and final book in the chronicle is an excellent end to the series.
Beka, Tunstall and the new guy, a mysterious and wisecracking mage by the name of Farmer, are called in to track down a kidnapped member of Tortall's royal family. They end up on a long hunt across the realm, led by Beka's scent hound, during which they uncover a major conspiracy against the Crown. It's a nice mix between a police procedural and the type of questing often found in fantasy novels, with plenty of mages and knights. (Though, unfortunately, there are really only one or two likeable mages…) The characters' usage of "ye olde" slang and their unique police jargon add a nice richness to the story as well.
The book is solid overall, though there was an abrupt…shift in one character's intentions later on in the book. It just struck me as out of character at first, because of how sudden it was. Maybe it was an intended effect, though, since the book is told in the first person.
The epilogue nicely ties the story back into the original Lioness series, with Beka's descendant, George Cooper, becoming the Rogue and a certain purple-eyed cat watching.


We organised a two-day minicourse (or actually three-day event for some participants) on spatial models and related issues in Math Department in the main campus of the University of Oulu. Lecturer Finn Lindgren (University of Bath, UK) presented studies on Gaussian Markov random fields as well as the R-INLA software, which is a computational solution for studying GMRF and other similar models.
We started on Monday by a splinter session on Gaussian Markov fields and gave a special emphasis on the boundary conditions.
Sari Lasanen discussing convergence issues.
On Tuesday Finn Lindgren gave talks on stochastic partial differential equations and on the R-INLA software itself.
Finn Lindgren talking about the R-INLA package.
Of course we had to define stationary random fields.
Wednesday ended with hands-on exercises on R-INLA (for details, see r-inla.org). Afterwards we had several science discussions before lecturer and some of the participants had to take the flight/train to various destinations. For us, it meant of course a drive up to north to the Observatory in Sodankylä!
More info on the event at inverse-problems.org/gmrf2013.
Tutorials and lab exercises at http://people.bath.ac.uk/fl353/tutorials/oulu/.


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October 18, 2017 | International
North Korea would support total ban on nuclear arsenals in the world, including US'
North Korea has expressed support to a complete ban on nuclear weapons in the world, but intends to keep its nuclear arsenal if the United States has one.
The country's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, Kim In Ryong, said Monday.
The DPRK constantly supports the complete elimination of the nuclearweapons and efforts for the denuclearization of the entire world.
But as long as US, who constantly threatens and blackmails North Korea keeps its nuclear weapons, DPRK rejects Nuclear ban treaty.
Kim In Ryong told the UN Gen
eral Assembly First Committee.
The possession of nuclear weapons and intercontinental. ballistic missiles is a justified measure for self-defense, as no country in the world has been exposed to such an extreme and direct nuclear threat from the United States for such a long time, the diplomat said.
The situation on the Korean Peninsula has reached a critical point, a nuclear war can begin at any moment, he stressed.
According to Sputnik, North Korea has carried out nuclear tests in violation of UNSC resolutions.
In response, the UNSC introduced several ounds of sanctions against Pyongyang aimed at hampering the development of the North's nuclear weapons.
In late September, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told reporters that US President Donald Trump had declared war on his country, and the nation had the right to take countermeasures against the United States, including bringing down US warplanes.
Trump has previously repeatedly hinted at the possibility of a military solution to the North Korean nuclear problem.