Eschbach-au-Val

Eschbach-au-Val
region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Colmar-Ribeauvillé
Canton	Wintzenheim
Community association	Vallée de Munster
Coordinates	48 ° 2 ' N , 7 ° 9' E Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ' N , 7 ° 9' E
height	389-905 m
surface	4.84 km 2
Residents	362 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	75 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	68140
INSEE code	68083

Eschbach-au-Val (German Eschbach in the valley , alsatian Eschbe-in-Dal ) is a French municipality with 362 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Munster (Vallée de Munster) in the department of Haut-Rhin in the region Grand Est ( until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the community association Vallée de Munster .

geography

The center of Eschbach is 1.4 kilometers south of Münster (Munster) , with which it has grown structurally, and 15 kilometers northwest of Gebweiler (Guebwiller) on the western edge of Alsace in a valley of the Vosges . It is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .

history

The ash flows through the community, a stream that was probably lined with ash and gave the place its name. The place name was first mentioned in a document in 824. Eschbach-au-Val belonged to the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Grégoire in Münster from then until the French Revolution (1789–1799) .

In 1793 Eschbach-au-Val received the status of a municipality (as "Eschbach") in the course of the French Revolution and in 1801 the right to local self-government (as "Esbach").

From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Eschbach-au-Val belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Colmar district in the Upper Alsace district .

Population development

year	1910	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2017
Residents	469	382	410	410	373	375	372	390	362

economy

The image of the community is shaped by forests and pastures. Important branches of business are trade, transport, agriculture (breeding of domestic cattle) and forestry .