Urmatt

Urmatt is a commune with 1461 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the valley of ruptures in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region. In the Merovingian period the place was called "Casa Rumaldi ". On the Long Mountain, a side peak of the Rocher de Mutzig, is a Druid monument.

Coat of arms

After the Alsatian historian Grandidier the name Urmatt goes (Latin urus ) back to the source word. According to his interpretation, a perfect place to hunt aurochs in trenches on wet swampy terrain. Another historian suggests Schoepflin UR as old and MAT as a meadow, hence old meadows. The coat of arms shows a red aurochs on a green background.

Attractions

• Big Cat Mountain ( 967m ) with the remains of the château de la muraille.
• Small Katzenberg ( 903m )
• The old well from the defunct Dominican monastery.
• The Sainte-Croix Church and the Chapel (1828 ).
• Station Urmatt
• Natural Monument Porte de pierre / hinge. Two vertical weathered sandstone rocks on which another sandstone rock like a lintel still is.
• Softwood sawmill in Urmatt, No.1 in France by area, timber production, about 300 employees
• Usine Mullerhof. A Henry Miller from the nearby Schirmeck bought in 1840 a ​​mill near Urmatt and installed there in this Usine a spinning loom. He built also a Chateau style property that, according to him Chateau du Mullerhof is called.

Demographics

Mairie

Mansion

Church of Sainte -Croix

Choir of the Church