Molsheim (French pronunciation: [mɔlsɛm]; also [mɔlsajm] ⓘ) is a commune and a subprefecture in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Molsheim had been a very fast-growing city between the French censuses of 1968 and 1999, passing from 5,739 to 9,335 inhabitants, but this increase came to a noticeable halt since.

[3] The old town of Molsheim is well preserved and contains a considerable number of old houses and buildings of typically Alsatian architecture.

The most notable buildings are the medieval Tour des Forgerons, the Renaissance Metzig, the baroque (although built in late gothic style) Église des Jésuites – an inordinately large church insofar as it could house the entire population of the town when built – and the classical Hôtel de ville.

Excavations carried out to the north of Molsheim in 1935 revealed the presence of many Merovingian tombs (sixth and seventh centuries), along the old Roman road going to Avolsheim.

The strength of the Protestant Reformation in the Alsace and especially Strasbourg put pressure on Catholic institutions.

Similarly, in 1591, due to the suppression of the Carthusians in Strasbourg, members of the order moved to Molsheim and built a convent, the splendid stained glass of which was partly destroyed during the French Revolution.

In 1618 the Thirty Years' War broke out, ending with the Peace of Westphalia in which control of Molsheim was transferred from the Holy Roman Empire to France.

Molsheim was part of the Holy Roman Empire until 1648, when it found itself located on the French side of the border.

The town's coat of arms features a breaking wheel of gold, in which a nude man with a golden halo is interlaced and bound, against an azure field.

Linguistically speaking, this city is located in what is considered the Northern Low Alemannic zone of the historical region of Alsace.