Zimmerbach
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Colmar-Ribeauvillé | |
| Canton | Wintzenheim | |
| Community association | Colmar agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 4 ' N , 7 ° 14' E | |
| height | 256-685 m | |
| surface | 2.26 km 2 | |
| Residents | 843 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 373 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68230 | |
| INSEE code | 68385 | |
| Website | www.zimmerbach.fr | |
 Mairie Zimmerbach |
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Zimmerbach is a French commune with 843 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 and the canton of Wintzenheim .
geography
The municipality of Zimmerbach is about seven kilometers west of Colmar on the left bank of the Fecht . The Fechttal in the Vosges is also known as the Münstertal (after the town of Munster above Zimmerbach). The municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .
Zimmerbach's neighboring communities are Turckheim in the north and north-east, Wintzenheim in the south-east and Walbach in the south-west.
history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Zimmerbach 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 .
| year | 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 398 | 379 | 383 | 612 | 652 | 709 | 857 | 879 | 843 |
Attractions
- Church of St. George and the Sacred Heart of Jesus from 1879
Partnerships
Zimmerbach's partner municipalities are Blainville-sur-Mer in Normandy and Zimmerbach in the municipality of Durlangen, Baden-Württemberg.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 1357-1359.
