Climbach (Bas-Rhin)
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
| Canton | Wissembourg | |
| Community association | Pays de Wissembourg | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 1 ' N , 7 ° 51' E | |
| height | 240-529 m | |
| surface | 7.15 km 2 | |
| Residents | 440 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 62 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67510 | |
| INSEE code | 67075 | |
Climbach (German originally 'Klimbach') is a French commune with 440 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the canton of Wissembourg in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It is part of the Northern Vosges Nature Park .
geography
Climbach is located west of the city of Weißenburg , behind the Col du Pigeonnier pass , on the edge of the Upper Mundat Forest and east of the Lembacher Forest.
coat of arms
Description of coat of arms : A red heart pierced in silver by two crossed blue arrows .
Culture and sights
In the forest of Climbach there are the remains of a chapel that was built by a hermit on the site of a pagan cult site around the end of the 12th century . A century later the wooden structure was replaced by a sandstone church by the Cistercians after the square became a place of pilgrimage. The chapel was probably destroyed in the Thirty Years War . Some walls from the 14th century and above all a pointed arch have been preserved. A choir with a length of 7.70 m was attached to a ship measuring 11.80 mx 8.20 m. Carved altar stones from the Climbach Chapel can be viewed in the Westerkamp Museum in Weißenburg. The Climbronn rises within the chapel area , which was an essential reason for pilgrimages to this place in the Middle Ages due to the healing powers attributed to it.
The Maginot Line also ran near Climbach , the traces of which one still encounters here and there.
traffic
Climbach is the intersection of various department roads and is on the way from Weißenburg to Lembach.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 443 | 458 | 459 | 514 | 480 | 516 | 473 | 440 |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 1578-1579.
