Griesbach-au-Val
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
| Canton | Wintzenheim | |
| Community association | Vallée de Munster | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 2 ′ N , 7 ° 10 ′ E | |
| height | 331-821 m | |
| surface | 4.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 714 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 151 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68140 | |
| INSEE code | 68109 | |
| Website | http://www.griesbachauval.com | |
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Griesbach-au-Val (German Griesbach , Alsatian Grischbe im Dal ) is a French commune with 714 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé , the canton of Wintzenheim and the Vallée de Munster community association .
geography
Griesbach-au-Val is located on the southern edge of the Vallée de Munster , across from Gunsbach . The municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park . In the valley, the proportion of agricultural zones is small. Industry has settled in the neighboring village of Gunsbach. Other neighboring villages are Eschbach-au-Val , Munster , Wihr-au-Val and Soultzbach-les-Bains .
With Gunsbach the village shares a breakpoint of the SNCF - Route Colmar-Metzeral which lies between the two towns.
history
Old documents show that Griesbach-au-Val was called Grunzensbach around 1239 . Around 1285 the village was under the rule of Hattstatt , around 1379 under that of Hus and around 1434 under that of Rappoltstein . Then the Reformation was carried out.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Griesbach-au-Val belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Colmar in the district of Upper Alsace .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 560 | 463 | 487 | 483 | 519 | 587 | 736 | 756 | 714 |
Mairie Griesbach-au-Val
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Attractions
- The Château de Schwarzenbourg , a castle, was built around 1261 on behalf of the Bishop of Strasbourg .
- Maison de Meyerhof, from the 15th century
- Several houses from the 17th century
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 880-881.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dictionary of Alsatian dialects , woerterbuchnetz.de.
- ↑ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Colmar district , gemeindeververzeichnis.de.
- ↑ Histoire. griesbachauval.com, accessed on July 13, 2020 .