Muhlbach-sur-Munster

Muhlbach-sur-Munster (German: Mühlbach im Elsass) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is the birthplace of the German publisher Johann Carolus, founder of the earliest known newspaper in 1605.[2]

Muhlbach-sur-Munster
Mühlbach
The town hall in Muhlbach
Location of Muhlbach-sur-Munster
Muhlbach-sur-Munster
Muhlbach-sur-Munster
Coordinates: 48°01′35″N 7°05′03″E
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
ArrondissementColmar-Ribeauvillé
CantonWintzenheim
IntercommunalityVallée de Munster
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Patrick Althusser
Area
1
7.88 km2 (3.04 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
772
  Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
68223 /68380
Elevation436–1,283 m (1,430–4,209 ft)
(avg. 466 m or 1,529 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

People

Sister city

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2018". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Weber, Johannes: Strassburg 1605: Die Geburt der Zeitung, in: Jahrbuch für Kommunikationsgeschichte, Vol. 7 (2005), S. 3-27" (in German). Missing or empty |url= (help)


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