Barr, Bas-Rhin
Barr is a commune with 6971 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region. It belongs to the district Sélestat - Erstein, is the capital of the canton of Barr and which was established in 1995 Kommunalverband Piedmont de Barr.
Geography
The small town of Barr is located at the outlet of Kirneck from the Vosges in the Upper Rhine Plain, approximately 17 kilometers north of Sélestat and 25 kilometers southwest of Strasbourg. The heavily forested territory extends far into the Vosges in until the source of the Kirneck.
Neighboring communities of Barr Holy Stone in the north, Gertwiller in the east, in the southeast cell Willer, Saint- Pierre and Mittelberg home in the south, Andlau the southwest, Le Hohwald in the west and Ottrott and Saint- Nabor in the northwest.
Demographics
Attractions
Among the listed as a monument historique structures in Barr include the Protestant Church of St. Martin, the hotel " Marco " and the city hall (hotel de ville).
Hotel "Marco"
Town hall
Economy
The economy of Barr is strongly characterized by wine growing and tourism. The municipality is situated on the Alsace Wine Route. The municipality is the Alsace Grand Cru vineyard Kirchberg.
Community partnership
Since 1956, a partnership with today's Trier district Olewig.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Jean Hermann (1738-1800), French physician, naturalist, zoologist and author
- Émile Bieckert (1837 -? ), Called Don Emilio, emigrated to Argentina and worked there as a beer producer.
- Richard Hartmann (1809-1878), German machine manufacturer and railway pioneer
- Schuré Édouard (1841-1929), philosopher
- Marie Bernhard Haas, (1844-1919), physician and member of the Reichstag
- Martin Feuerstein (1856-1931), painter
- Edmond Rinckenbach (1862-1902), painter
- Paul Schmitthenner (1884-1972), architect
- Fritz Hochstätter (* 1944), botanist