Barr, Bas-Rhin
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Coordinates: 48°24′32″N 7°27′02″E / 48.408889°N 7.450556°E
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Commune of Barr |
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| Location | |
  Barr, Bas-Rhin
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein |
| Canton | Barr |
| Intercommunality | Piémont de Barr |
| Mayor | Gilbert Scholly (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 176–971 m (580–3,190 ft) |
| Land area1 | 20.61 km2 (7.96 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 6,787 (2006) |
| - Density | 329 /km2 (850 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67021/ 67140 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Barr. |
Barr is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
[edit] History
Barr was originally an imperial property, but in 1522 the Habsburgs leased it to Nicolas Ziegler, and a few years later give him the freehold. Ziegler's sons sold Barr to the city of Strasbourg. This led to Barr being involved in the Bishop's War of Strasbourg (1592-1604) against the Catholics of Lorraine, which resulted in Barr's castle and many of its houses being raised to the ground in 1592. [1]
The lovely 1878 synagogue survived the Nazi occupation.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "BARR du XVIème siècle à la Révolution". Krucker family. http://www.krucker.fr/barr.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ^ http://judaisme.sdv.fr//synagog/basrhin/a-f/barr.htm
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