Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin
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Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin is a French commune in the département of the Haut-Rhin in the Alsace region of eastern France. Its inhabitants are Breitenbachois and Breitenbachoises. Its official name distinguishes it from Breitenbach, Bas-Rhin.
The place name appears in thirteenth-century documents, with the significance of breit ("wide"), bach ("stream"). The valley in which it lies was a possession of the Abbey of Munster until the French Revolution.
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