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Gambsheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
It is adjacent to a river crossing into Germany that is favoured by southbound autoroute traffic wishing to avoid traffic delays around Strasbourg. The road crossing the river coincides with a large lock which is also the site of one of the Rhine's first fish ladders installed to support migratory fish in general and, more specifically, to try and restore the abundant salmon population for which the upper Rhine was famous before the early twentieth century, when the installation of a series of locks rendered the river navigable beyond Basel for boats, but blocked it for migrating fish.
It is adjacent to a river crossing into Germany that is favoured by southbound autoroute traffic wishing to avoid traffic delays around Strasbourg. The road crossing the river coincides with a large lock which is also the site of one of the Rhine's first fish ladders installed to support migratory fish in general and, more specifically, to try and restore the abundant salmon population for which the upper Rhine was famous before the early twentieth century, when the installation of a series of locks rendered the river navigable beyond Basel for boats, but blocked it for migrating fish.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambsheim
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 48°41'27"N 7°52'57"E
- Weyersheim 7.6 km
- Hœrdt 8.1 km
- Drusenheim 10 km
- Gries 10 km
- Legelshurst 12 km
- Weitenung 19 km
- landseehof 28 km
- Seltz 28 km
- Oppenau 31 km
- Steinmauern 33 km
- Farmhouse 0.2 km
- Gambsheim Lock 2.2 km
- Pool 2.5 km
- CASEMATE 16/3 KILSTETT 2.5 km
- Pharmacy 5.4 km
- Bakery 5.5 km
- Town Hall 5.5 km
- Upper Rhine Graben 13 km
- CUS 17 km
- Alsace 56 km