Moosch

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

Geography

Located between the chief town of canton Saint-Amarin and the chief town of district Thann, in the valley of the the Thur, the common one counts a little less than 2000 inhabitants. It draws its name from a Germanic word " Moos" meaning marsh . Altitude lies there between 375 and 1190 meters, culminating with the Rossberg.

History

Possession of the abbey of Murbach, the village was attached to the bailliage of Saint-Amarin then set up in commune after 1789. Annexed with the Alsace-Lorraine in 1871, it was taken again by the French Army as of August 1914 and was used during all the war of quartering for the troops which went up to the attack of the Old-Armand.

Economy

The mines of money, Copper and Iron, exploited since 1508, taken again in 1715 after the interruption due to the War Thirty Year old, were definitively abandoned in 1912. Today, the principal economy is a manufacture of bandages. The common one counts many residents however working in the basin of use of Mulhouse.

Tourism

Orgues of 1863
military Cimetière 14-18, where is buried the general Marcel Serret, killed the January 6th 1916 with the Old-Armand.
Popular market in October.

Administration

Demography

provisional population for 2005: 1.818

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Haut-Rhin

External bonds

Moosch on the site of the national geographical Institute
Moosch on the site of INSEE
Moosch on the site of Quid
Localization of Moosch on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Moosch on Mapquest

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