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Oberbruck is a common French, located in the department of the Haut-Rhin and the area Alsace. Its inhabitants is called Oberbruckois.

Geography

History

Its name means in German “higher Bridge” Of “ober” (higher) and of “Brücke” (the bridge). The village developed around the bridge on the torrent the “Rimbach” which was then the bridge to upstream gain the high-valley of Masevaux, the bridge downstream being located on the Doller at Niederbruck

In the beginning it was a possession of the Abbey of Masevaux.

Administration

|- | colspan=" 3" align=" center" | Les data former to 1945 is not yet connues. |- | align=right| 1945 - 1955 || Mr. Joseph Gebel || |- | align=right| 1956 - 1977 || Mr. Xavier Gebel || |- | align=right| 1977 - 1995 || Mr. Bernard Behra || |- | align=right| 1995 - 2001 || Mr. Philippe Tritter || |- | align=right| March 2001 || Mr. André Kippelen || |}

Demography

provisional population for 2004: 454

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

Oberbruck was marked by several families related to industry. Jean-Henri Anthès developed the metallurgy at the XVIIIe century. Its installations passed to the hands families Rosen then Broglie. At the XIXe century, the Joseph brothers and Ferréol Zeller founded textile factories which functioned until the medium of XXe S. Of the Zeller family are resulting from many soldiers of which the general André Zeller (1898 - 1979), one of the four organizing generals of the Putsch of the generals of Algiers in 1961.

See too

Common of Haut-Rhin

External bonds

Oberbruck on the site of the national geographical Institute
Oberbruck on the site of INSEE
Oberbruck on the site of Quid
Localization of Oberbruck on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Oberbruck on Mapquest
Personal site of Marcel Cousy
Personal site of Henri Ehret: Photographs and article on the industrial past of Oberbruck

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