Crombach (Sankt Vith)

Crombach
Crombach
State :	Belgium
Region :	Wallonia
Province :	Liege
District :	Verviers
Municipality :	Saint Vith
Coordinates :	50 ° 16 ′  N , 6 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′  N , 6 ° 4 ′  E
Residents:	339 pop.
Post Code:	4780
Prefix:	080
Website:	www.st.vith.be

Crombach is a village in the German-speaking Community in Belgium and part of the municipality of St. Vith . Crombach has 339 inhabitants (information as of December 31, 2015).

geography

Crombach is located about five kilometers southwest of the core town of Sankt Vith. The area around the village is characterized by agricultural grassland. Beyond the former Libramont – St. Vith , only about one kilometer southwest of Crombach, is the village of Weisten , which already belongs to the large municipality of Burg-Reuland .

history

Crombach was first mentioned in 1153 in a letter from the Abbot of Stablo-Malmedy as Grumbach . The inauguration of the village's newly built chapel is documented in 1387. In 1797 the neighboring villages of Ober- Emmels , Nieder-Emmels, Hünningen, Rodt and Hinderhausen were incorporated into the Crombach community. This municipality existed until the Belgian territorial reform in 1977 , when the entire region was merged into the new large municipality of Sankt Vith.

Attractions

Saint Anthony Church

The St. Antonius church in the center of Crombach is a protected cultural monument .

Web links

Commons : Crombach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ residents of the community of ST. VITH per location. (PDF) (No longer available online.) City of St. Vith, December 31, 2015, archived from the original on February 12, 2016 ; accessed on February 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Crombach, Geschichtliches ( Memento from February 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive )