Hundsbach (Haut-Rhin)

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Hundsbach
Hundsbach coat of arms
Hundsbach (France)
Hundsbach
region Grand Est
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Altkirch
Canton Altkirch
Community association Sundgau
Coordinates 47 ° 36 '  N , 7 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 36 '  N , 7 ° 20'  E
height 320-418 m
surface 4.03 km 2
Residents 346 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 86 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 68130
INSEE code

Hundsbach town hall

Hundsbach is a French commune with 346 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region ( Alsace until 2015 ). It belongs to the arrondissement Altkirch , the canton Altkirch and the municipality association Sundgau .

geography

The municipality of Hundsbach in Sundgau is located at the mouth of the Hundsbach in the Thalbach , a tributary of the Ill between Altkirch and Basel .

Neighboring communities of Hundsbach are Zaessingue in the north, Franconia in the east, Willer in the south and Hausgauen in the west.

history

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

Population development

year 1910 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
Residents 259 171 190 173 190 211 224 271 342

Attractions

Today there is an electrically driven mill in Hundsbach. The former water mill was built around 1394 and renewed in 1798. In 2003 a group of voluntary helpers was able to assert themselves to maintain it.

In the church of St. Martin there is an organ by the master organ builder Friedrich Goll from 1891 (Op. 96 of almost 600), in largely original condition with 2 manuals and 22 registers.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 62-64.

Web links

Commons : Hundsbach  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Municipal directory Germany 1900 - Altkirch district