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.