Country France Department Haut-Rhin Canton Wintzenheim Area 9.37 km² | Region Grand Est Arrondissement Colmar-Ribeauvillé Intercommunality Vallée de Munster | |
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Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Map of 68380 Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin, France
Its inhabitants are Breitenbachois. Its official name distinguishes it from Breitenbach, Bas-Rhin.
The place name appears in thirteenth-century documents, with the significance of breit ("wide"), bach ("stream"). The valley in which it lies was a possession of the Abbey of Munster until the French Revolution.
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