Mertzwiller

Mertzwiller ( German Merzweiler ) is a municipality with 3444 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the canton Niederbronn- les- Bains in the department of Bas- Rhin in Alsace region of France. Mertzwiller is a member of the Communauté de communes du Pays de Niederbronn- les- Bains.

Attractions

  • The first local synagogue is dated to the year 1721. It was in 1822 replaced by a new synagogue, which degenerated into a ruin until 1858 and was restored in the sequence 1872.

Famous people

  • Simon Samuel ( Sam ) Marx ( 1859-1933 ), father of the Marx Brothers, came from Mertzwiller
  • Michel Wacken Home (* 1945), church musician, composer and Roman Catholic priest

Demographics

Traffic

The municipality has a station on the route Haguenau - Niederbronn- les- Bains, which is traversed by trains of TER Alsace.

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