Rimbach-près-Masevaux

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Coordinates: 47°49′44″N 6°57′07″E / 47.8288888889, 6.95194444444

Commune of Rimbach-près-Masevaux
Location
Rimbach-près-Masevaux (France)
Rimbach-près-Masevaux
Administration
Country France
Region Alsace
Department Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement Thann
Canton Masevaux
Intercommunality Communauté de communes
de la Vallée de la
Doller et du Soultzbach
Mayor André Schmuck
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 514 m–1,250 m
(avg. 580 m)
Land area¹ 16.66 km²
Population²
(1999)		 503
 - Density 30/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 68275/ 68290
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Rimbach-près-Masevaux (German: Rimbach bei Masmünster; variant form of name: Rimpach) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département of northeastern France. Population (1999): 503.

Lieux-dits, hameaux, écarts: Basse Bers (Niederebersche, Unterbers, Untere Bers), Ermensbach (Armspach, Ermenspach, Ermerspach, Ermspach), Grossenberg (Grosberg), Haute Bers (Oberenbers), Horben (Horb), Johannesberg (Johannisberg, Sankt Johannisberg), Langmatt (Langmatte), Neuerbet (Neu Arbet, Neu Erbet), Riedelsbourg (Riedelsburg), Riesenwald, Ruchberg

Historical population:

  • 1806: 674
  • 1851: 902
  • 1905: 642
  • 1936: 515
  • 1990: 456

Religious composition in 1851:

  • Catholic: 100%
  • Lutheran:
  • Calvinist:
  • Anabaptist:
  • Jewish:

Genealogical Records (with Family History Library film numbers):

  • Church (Catholic): Rimbach-près-Masevaux was part of the parish of Sewen.
  • Civil:
    • 1793-1882: 0740198-0740200, 1070007, 1687761

City Hall: Mairie, 54 rue Principale, 68290 Rimbach-près-Masevaux

[edit] Bibliography and references

  • Patrimoine Doller, the bulletin of the Société d'Histoire de la Vallée de Masevaux, publishes articles on Rimbach-près-Masevaux. Information on this journal can be obtained from the secrétaire-correspondant: M. Jean-Marie Ehret, 8 place de la Mairie, 68290 Oberbruck
  • Two volumes of postcard views of this valley, compiled by Jean-Marie Ehret, Monique and Georges Redhaber, Bernard Sutter and Daniel Willmé, have been published by the Centre de Ressources des Vosges du Sud: La vallée de Masevaux à l'orée du siècle (1894-1914) (1995) and La vallée de Masevaux 1914-1918 (1997). Information can be obtained from: M. Armand Laurent, 1 rue du Buhl, 68290 Dolleren
  • Historical and genealogical information from the Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles in Guebwiller: Rimbach-près-Masevaux