Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin (68).svg |
Arrondissement: | Colmar-Ribeauvillé |
Canton: | Wintzenheim |
Insee: | 68051 |
Postal Code: | 68380 |
Mayor: | Monique Hans[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Vallée de Munster |
Coordinates: | 48.0242°N 7.1014°W |
Elevation M: | 440 |
Elevation Min M: | 414 |
Elevation Max M: | 1165 |
Area Km2: | 9.37 |
Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin (German: Breitenbach; Alsatian: Bräitebàch or Bräiteba) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Its inhabitants are Breitenbachois. Its official name distinguishes it from Breitenbach, Bas-Rhin.
The place name appears in thirteenth-century documents, and is composed of the words breit ("wide") and bach ("stream"). The valley in which it lies was a possession of the Abbey of Munster until the French Revolution.