Barembach

Barembach is located in a valley perpendicular to the Bruche valley some 25 km west by south-west of Illkirch and 30 km north-west of Sélestat at 350 metres above sea level. The Barembach Forest covers most of the commune with several summits including Pépinière (666 metres), Barraque des Bœufs (781 metres), Ordon Saxe (690 metres), and Haut de la Brûlée (715 metres). Access to the commune is by the D204 road from Grendelbruch in the north-east which passes through the north-eastern corner of the commune and continues to Schirmeck. Access to the village is by the D193 which branches off the D204 in the commune. The D1420 from Muhlbach-sur-Bruche in the north-east passes along the northern border as it goes south-west to Fouday.

The Barembach river rises in the south-east of the commune and flows north-west to join the Bruche just north-west of the commune. The Bornichon river rises in the south of the commune and flows north to join the Barembach at the village.

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Barembach was completely destroyed in 1875 by a violent fire. After the reconstruction of the village almost immediately after the disaster, the economy first restarted with livestock and forestry. There were also mills and sawmills producing galoshes which later changed to weaving. An enterprise was set up by Camille Glaszmann which specialised in Theatrical property. The company was sold in 1964 and continued by Mecatherm who extended the buildings. Shortly before Liberation the village was the headquarters of Marshal Jean de Lattre de Tassigny and served as a springboard to free the region. Barembach previously included part of the commune of Rothau on the north shore of the Rothaine.

Barembach appears as Barenbach on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version.

The name Barembach originated from the German Bach meaning "stream" and Bär meaning "bear".

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Party per fess, at 1 Gules, a bend Argent; at 2 Argent.

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List of Successive Mayors[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/chercher.php List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barembachois or Barembachoises in French.[https://www.habitants.fr/bas-rhin-67 Le nom des habitants du 67 - Bas-Rhin], habitants.fr

{{Historical populations

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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|4588|Barembach}} and INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-67020#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |532

|1800 |571

|1806 |768

|1821 |744

|1831 |945

|1836 |1011

|1841 |1040

|1846 |1030

|1851 |1086

|1856 |1029

|1861 |1070

|1866 |1035

|1871 |944

|1875 |832

|1880 |765

|1885 |751

|1890 |738

|1895 |751

|1900 |829

|1905 |899

|1910 |862

|1921 |756

|1926 |775

|1931 |788

|1936 |812

|1946 |794

|1954 |853

|1962 |846

|1968 |842

|1975 |852

|1982 |849

|1990 |872

|1999 |873

|2007 |894

|2012 |873

|2017 |874

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The commune has many buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• Houses and Farmhouses (19th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA67013296|IA67013296 Farmhouse at 4 Route de Barembach}} {{Mérimée|IA67013295|IA67013295 Farmhouse at 8 Route de Barembach}} {{Mérimée|IA67013297|IA67013297 Farmhouse at 7 Route du Maréchal-De-Lattre-de-Tassigny}} {{Mérimée|IA67013287|IA67013287 House at 8 Route du Maréchal-De-Lattre-de-Tassigny}} {{Mérimée|IA67013286|IA67013286 House at 5 Route du Maréchal-De-Lattre-de-Tassigny}} {{Mérimée|IA67013291|IA67013291 Farmhouse at 38 Rue Principale}} {{Mérimée|IA67013292|IA67013292 Farmhouse at 42 Rue Principale}} {{Mérimée|IA67013293|IA67013293 Farmhouse at 45 Rue Principale}} {{Mérimée|IA67013294|IA67013294 Farmhouse at 62 Rue Principale}} {{Mérimée|IA67013289|IA67013289 Houses and Farms}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The War Memorial at Route du Maréchal-De-Lattre-de-Tassigny (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA67013091|IA67013091 War Memorial at Route du Maréchal-De-Lattre-de-Tassigny}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67017147|IM67017147 Objects on the War Memorial}} {{Palissy|IM67017146|IM67017146 War Memorial}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A School at 14 Rue Principale (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA67013285|IA67013285 School at 14 Rue Principale}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Town Hall / School at 15 Rue Principale (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA67013284|IA67013284 Town Hall / School at 15 Rue Principale}} {{in lang|fr}} The Town Hall / School contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
• A Heating Stove (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67017661|IM67017661 Heating Stove}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Monumental Cross: Christ on the Cross and the Virgin and child (Modern){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67017200|IM67017200 Monumental Cross: Christ on the Cross and the Virgin and child}} {{in lang|fr}}

File:Barembach, Église Saint-Georges 1.jpg

File:Barembach, Église Saint-Georges à l'intérieur.jpg

File:Barembach, Orgue d'église Saint-Georges.jpg

The commune has several religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Barembach Cemetery on the D204 (19th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA67013031|IA67013031 Barembach Cemetery on the D204}} {{in lang|fr}} The Cemetery contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
• A Cemetery Cross (1761){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67015334|IM67015334 Cemetery Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Funeral Monuments (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67015333|IM67015333 Monument for Chirurgien de Schirneck}} {{Palissy|IM67015332|IM67015332 Monument for L. Brignon née Grodmange}} {{Palissy|IM67015331|IM67015331 Monument for C. Brignon née Grodmange}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Schirmeck Cemetery at Rue du Douar (19th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA67013066|IA67013066 Schirmeck Cemetery at Rue du Douar}} {{in lang|fr}} The Cemetery contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
• Funeral Monuments (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67015358|IM67015358 Méring Family Monument}} {{Palissy|IM67015357|IM67015357 Henry Family Monument}} {{Palissy|IM67015356|IM67015356 Monument for J. A. Argant}} {{Palissy|IM67015354|IM67015354 Jacquot Family Monument}} {{Palissy|IM67015352|IM67015352 Monument for J. & M. C. André}} {{Palissy|IM67015351|IM67015351 Monument for M.J. Sponne}} {{Palissy|IM67015347|IM67015347 Monument for J. & L. Thiebaut}} {{Palissy|IM67015346|IM67015346 Monument for P. Thiebaut}} {{Palissy|IM67015345|IM67015345 Monument for J. Thiebaut}} {{Palissy|IM67015344|IM67015344 Martin-Obert Family Monument}} {{Palissy|IM67015343|IM67015343 Monument No. 1}} {{Palissy|IM67015342|IM67015342 Monument for J. Muller}} {{Palissy|IM67015341|IM67015341 Sponne Family Monument}} {{Palissy|IM67015338|IM67015338 Remy Family Monument}} {{Palissy|IM67015337|IM67015337 Boulangeot Family Monument}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Funeral Crosses (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67015353|IM67015353 Funeral Cross for J. & H. Clerc}} {{Palissy|IM67015350|IM67015350 Funeral Cross for M. Rovel}} {{Palissy|IM67015349|IM67015349 Funeral Cross for J. Sponne}} {{Palissy|IM67015340|IM67015340 Funeral Cross No. 1}} {{Palissy|IM67015336|IM67015336 Funeral Cross for N. Saint-Martin}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Monumental Cross (No. 1) (1849){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67015339|IM67015339 Monumental Cross (No. 1)}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Monumental Cross: Christ on the Cross (No. 2) (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67015335|IM67015335 Monumental Cross: Christ on the Cross (No. 2)}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Cemetery Cross: Christ on the Cross (1811){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67015348|IM67015348 Cemetery Cross: Christ on the Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Chartier Family Funeral Chapel on the D204 (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA67013032|IA67013032 Chartier Family Funeral Chapel on the D204}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Vogt Family Funeral Chapel at Rue du Douar (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA67013099|IA67013099 Vogt Family Funeral Chapel at Rue du Douar}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Church of Saint-Georges at Place de l'Église (1877){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA67013030|IA67013030 Church of Saint-Georges}} {{in lang|fr}} The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
• A Chalice with Paten (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67015279|IM67015279 Chalice with Paten}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Monstrance (19th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67015278|IM67015278 Monstrance}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Furniture in the Church{{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67015277|IM67015277 Furniture in the Church}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Church Organ (1886){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67015276|IM67015276 Church Organ}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Presbytery at 16 Rue du Presbytère (19th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA67013288|IA67013288 Presbytery at 16 rue du Presbytère}} {{in lang|fr}}
• 3 Wayside Crosses are registered as historical objects.{{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|IM67017110|IM67017110 Wayside Cross A at Place du Haut-Bout}} {{Palissy|IM67017148|IM67017148 Wayside Cross B at Route de Barembach}} {{Palissy|IM67017149|IM67017149 Wayside Cross C at Champ du Gibet}} {{in lang|fr}}

• Marshal Jean de Lattre de Tassigny had his headquarters in the village. The street from the cemetery to the church bears his name. There is a monument to him on this street near the church.

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

• "Barembach", in The Upper Valley of the Bruche, Alsace Heritage, General Inventory of Monuments and artistic riches of France, Éditions Lieux Dits, Lyon, 2005, p. 38-39, {{ISBN|978-2-914528-13-9}} {{in lang|fr}}

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[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Barembach,+France/@48.4769,7.2308,14z Barembach on Google Maps]

[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=7.2308,48.4769&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Barembach on the Géoportail] from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}

[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=48.4769&lon=7.2308&zoom=13 Barenbach on the 1750 Cassini Map]

[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/clipmosaiccassini400.html?lat=48.4769&lon=7.2308&zoom=12 Barenbach on the 1790 Cassini Map]

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• [http://www.barembach.fr Barembach official website] {{in lang|fr}}

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