Grendelbruch

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Grendelbruch Grandelbrüech
Commune
The town hall in Grendelbruch
Coat of arms
Location of Grendelbruch
(2020–2026)		Jean-Philippe Kaes^[1]
Area ¹	14.63 km² (5.65 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,224
• Density	84/km² (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67167 /67190
Elevation	399–1,031 m (1,309–3,383 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Grendelbruch (French pronunciation: [gʁɛndəlbʁyʃ] ^ⓘ^[3]^[4] or [gʁɛndəlbʁux]^[5]) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.^[6]

Geography

Grendelbruch is a mountain village set in the forested region to the west of Obernai.

Surrounding communes

Bœrsch, Mollkirch, Rosheim, Muhlbach-sur-Bruche, Barembach, Natzwiller and Russ.

History

The first surviving written mention of Grendelbruch appears in a papal bull dated November 28, 1049, wherein the pope confirms that the Abbey of Altdorf may receive the tithes from "Grundelbac". Bac is an old Germanic word for a brook (Modern German: 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.

Grendelbruch was liberated from German occupation on November 26, 1944 by the Second Battalion of the 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.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ France 3 Grand Est. "Affaire Sophie Le Tan : les restes d'un corps retrouvés en forêt de Grendelbruch". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ France 3 Grand Est. "Loup : photographié à Grendelbruch".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Localisation et prononciation des noms de lieux d'Alsace commençant par E, F ou G". elsasser.free.fr. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
^ INSEE commune file