Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin

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.

ee also

*Communes of the Haut-Rhin department