Kirrberg (Bas-Rhin)
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Saverne | |
| Canton | Ingwiller | |
| Community association | Alsace Bossue | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 49 ′ N , 7 ° 4 ′ E | |
| height | 235-332 m | |
| surface | 6.35 km 2 | |
| Residents | 157 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 25 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 67320 | |
| INSEE code | 67241 | |
 Lutheran Church Kirrberg |
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Kirrberg (German Kirberg ) is a French commune with 157 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Saverne . Kirrberg is located in the " Crooked Alsace " landscape .
history
His first mention was the place 712 as Villa Teurino before 1501 it with Kirpberg received a forerunner of today's name for the first time. During the Thirty Years War , the place was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1625.
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Kirrberg belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Zabern in the district of Lower Alsace .
Population development
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 284 | 196 | 197 | 179 | 168 | 166 | 151 | 174 | 157 |
literature
- Albert Girardin: Kirrberg in Crooked Alsace. History of a Huguenot village in the German-French border region (writings of the Erwin-von-Steinbach-Stiftung, Volume 8). Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt ad Saale 1983, ISBN 3-922923-19-4 .
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 330-332.
Web links
Commons : Kirrberg - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Kirrberg at the Communauté de communes d'Alsace Bossue (French)