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{{Expand French|date=December 2008|Grendelbruch|topic=geo}} |
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{{Infobox French commune |
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|name = Grendelbruch |
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|native name = Grandelbrüech |
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|commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |
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|image coat of arms = Blason Grendelbruch FR Bas-Rhin.svg |
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|region = [[Grand Est]] |
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|department = [[Bas-Rhin]] |
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|arrondissement = Molsheim |
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|canton = Molsheim |
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|INSEE = 67167 |
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|postal code = 67190 |
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|mayor = Jean-Philippe Kaes |
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|term = 2014–2020 |
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|coordinates = {{coord|48.4931|7.3233|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |
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|elevation min m = 399 |
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|elevation max m = 1031 |
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|area km2 = 14.63 |
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|population = 1266 |
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|population date = 2006 |
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}} |
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'''Grendelbruch''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Bas-Rhin]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Grand Est]] in north-eastern [[France]]. |
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The name is sometimes colloquially shortened to Gembri. |
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==Geography== |
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Grendelbruch is a mountainous village set in the forested region to the west of [[Obernai]]. |
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===Surrounding communes=== |
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* [[Bœrsch]], [[Mollkirch]], [[Rosheim]], [[Muhlbach-sur-Bruche]], [[Barembach]], [[Natzwiller]] and [[Russ, Bas-Rhin|Russ]]. |
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==History== |
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The first surviving written mention of Grendelbruch appears in a [[papal bull]] dated November 28, 1049, wherein [[Leo IX|the pope]] confirms that the [[:fr:Abbaye d'Altorf|Abbey of Altdorf]] may receive the tithes from "Grundelbac". Bac is an old [[Alsatian language|Germanic]] word for a brook ''(Modern German: [[:de:Bach (Gewässer)|Bach)]]'', and Grendelbruch is one of a number of place names formed between the fifth and eighth centuries (when Germanic dialects predominated in the region) ending in a form of this word. |
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Grendelbruch was liberated from [[Germany|German]] occupation on November 26, 1944 by the Second Battalion of the [[30th Infantry Regiment (United States)|Thirtieth Infantry Regiment]] of the [[US Army]]. Under the command of Lt Col Frederick R Armstrong the battalion engaged in fierce house to house fighting through the night. Significant further fighting took place in the forest surrounding the village. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Communes of the Bas-Rhin department]] |
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==References== |
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* [http://www.insee.fr/fr/methodes/nomenclatures/cog/fichecommunale.asp?codedep=67&codecom=167 INSEE commune file] |
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{{Bas-Rhin communes}} |
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[[Category:Communes of Bas-Rhin]] |
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[[Category:Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia]] |
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{{BasRhin-geo-stub}} |
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