Masevaux

Masevaux ( German Masmünster ) is a commune with 3338 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Haut-Rhin in the Alsace region. It is the capital of the eponymous canton Masevaux and seat of the municipality Association Vallée de la Doller et Soultzbach.

Geography

The municipality is located in the southeastern Masevaux Vosges. The Valley of the Doller widens here before entry into the lowlands of the Upper Rhine Plain. Which borders on the southwest by the Franche-Comté region municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park of Ballons des Vosges.

History

Demographics

Personalities

  • Margaret Ursula von Masmünster (about 1400-1447/48 ), a Dominican nun
  • Ursula von Masmünster (1515-1570), wife of Erasmus Böcklin of Böcklinsau
  • Jacques -Louis Battmann (1818-1886), French organist and composer, born in Masmünster
  • Julius Manigold (1873-1935), German flutist and composer, born in Masmünster
  • Boris Kleint (1903-1996), German artist, born in Masmünster

Former chapel of the abbey Masmünster

Church of St. Martin

Place the Allies

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Thann Cantons of France Postal codes in France France Vosges Mountains Doller (river) Burnhaupt-le-Bas Burnhaupt-le-Haut Dolleren Kirchberg (Haut-Rhin) Lauw Mortzwiller Niederbruck Oberbruck Sentheim Sickert, Haut-Rhin Soppe-le-Bas Wegscheid (Haut-Rhin) Aspach-le-Bas Aspach-le-Haut Bernwiller Bourbach-le-Bas Bourbach-le-Haut Cernay (Haut-Rhin) Fellering Goldbach-Altenbach Husseren-Wesserling Kruth Leimbach (Haut-Rhin) Malmerspach Michelbach (Haut-Rhin) Mitzach Mollau Moosch Oderen Rammersmatt Ranspach Roderen Saint-Amarin Schweighouse-Thann Staffelfelden Steinbach (Haut-Rhin) Storckensohn Thann, Haut-Rhin Uffholtz Wattwiller Wildenstein Willer-sur-Thur Wittelsheim
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